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. 1981 Feb;27(1):9-11.
doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(81)73133-x.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a nonoperative technique for feeding gastrostomy

J L Ponsky, M W Gauderer

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a nonoperative technique for feeding gastrostomy

J L Ponsky et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 1981 Feb.

Abstract

Feeding gastrostomy is a useful means of providing nutrition in patients unable to swallow. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy provides a means for creating a feeding gastrostomy without the necessity for laparotomy. It adds a new tool to the armamentarium of the therapeutic endoscopist.

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