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Gastrostomy tube placement – (a) endoscopic
British Small Animal Veterinary Association , 177 (2024); https://doi.org/10.22233/9781913859145.2.41
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Gastrostomy tube placement – (a) endoscopic
- From: BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice
- Item: Procedures A to Z, pp 177 - 182
- DOI: 10.22233/9781913859145.2.41
- Copyright: © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: March 2024
Abstract
Endoscopic placement of gastrostomy tubes is used primarily for long-term nutritional support and where naso-oesophageal or oesophagostomy tube feeding is not possible.
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Figure G.2:
Commercial PEG kit. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.2:
Commercial PEG kit.
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Figure G.3:
The introducer needle is inserted percutaneously into the inflated stomach ideally at the junction of the body and the antrum. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.3:
The introducer needle is inserted percutaneously into the inflated stomach ideally at the junction of the body and the antrum.
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Figure G.4:
The guidewire should be grasped with the forceps. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.4:
The guidewire should be grasped with the forceps.
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Figure G.5:
(a) The mushroom tip of the PEG tube is looped through the swaged-on wire loop to join it to the wire loop passing out of the mouth. (b) The wire loops are interlocked. (c) The wires are pulled tight to produce a knotless connection. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.5:
(a) The mushroom tip of the PEG tube is looped through the swaged-on wire loop to join it to the wire loop passing out of the mouth. (b) The wire loops are interlocked. (c) The wires are pulled tight to produce a knotless connection.
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Figure G.6:
(a) The guidewire is pulled to draw the feeding tube into the mouth, down the oesophagus, into the stomach and (b) out through the stomach wall. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.6:
(a) The guidewire is pulled to draw the feeding tube into the mouth, down the oesophagus, into the stomach and (b) out through the stomach wall.
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Figure G.7:
The bumper on the end of the tube should fit snugly against the stomach wall. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.7:
The bumper on the end of the tube should fit snugly against the stomach wall.
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Figure G.8:
Once the tube is in place, it should be cut to the desired length and an adapter attached to the end of the tube. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.8:
Once the tube is in place, it should be cut to the desired length and an adapter attached to the end of the tube.
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Figure G.9:
The tube should be protected by gauze to prevent it from being removed by the patient. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure G.9:
The tube should be protected by gauze to prevent it from being removed by the patient.