Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Without an Antireflux Procedure in Neurologically Disabled Children

In children with major neurologic impairment, gastrostomies are often used to alleviate malnutrition and feeding difficulties. There has been a trend toward performing "protective" antireflux surgery in these children. Nineteen children with major neurologic impairment and feeding failure...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical pediatrics 1997-01, Vol.36 (1), p.25-29
Hauptverfasser:	Borowitz, Stephen M., Sutphen, James L., Hutcheson, Rachel L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Developmental Disabilities - complications Developmental Disabilities - surgery Enteral Nutrition - adverse effects Enteral Nutrition - methods Follow-Up Studies Gastroesophageal Reflux - diagnostic imaging Gastroesophageal Reflux - surgery Gastrostomy - adverse effects Gastrostomy - methods Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Infant Intraoperative Complications Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Postoperative Complications Prospective Studies Radiography Treatment Outcome Unnecessary Procedures
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