APPLICATION OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPICALLY ASSISTED GASTROSTOMY IN MULTIFUNCTION HOSPITAL

Abstract

Background. Optimization of the process and improved efficiency of the prolonged compulsory enteroalimentation in the patients who require it for more than 4 weeks.Materials and Methods. We analyzed the first experience of percutaneous endoscopically assisted gastrostomy in 32 patients. Patients were treated in the neurosurgical and neurologic department of Research Scientific Institute – Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital no. 1 in Krasnodar.Results. Application efficiency of percutaneous endoscopically assisted gastrostomy for prolonged enteral feeding in patients with combined trauma and neurological deficiency was shown. The greatest number of complications 3 (33.3%) was observed in the group of patients with cranio-cereberal traumas.

Keywords

• enteral feeding
• percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
• enteral feeding complications