MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES FOR GAINING ACCESS TO THE GUT

Authors
BHANDARKAR DS EVANS DA TAYLOR TV
Citation
Ds. Bhandarkar et al., MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES FOR GAINING ACCESS TO THE GUT, Minimally invasive therapy, 3(1), 1994, pp. 13-17
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Minimally invasive therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0961625X
Volume
3
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
13 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-625X(1994)3:1<13:MITFGA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Access to the gastrointestinal tract for nutritional purposes has trad itionally been established by the passage of naso-enteral tubes or the fashioning of stomata at open surgery. The past 10 years have seen th e development of numerous minimally invasive techniques for gaining su ch access. This article describes these new techniques and discusses t heir place in the surgical armamentarium.