This is why just the block is removed. ‌Surgical options to treat the condition include duodenojejunostomy and gastrojejunostomy. Both surgeries require the surgeon to cut the intestine at the ...

Another treatment involves the administration of an intestinal gel via a gastrojejunostomy tube that passes through the abdominal wall and stomach to reach the small intestine. Bouquiaux remarked ...

What Is a Feeding Tube? A feeding tube is a flexible plastic tube placed into your stomach or bowel to help you get nutrition when you’re unable to eat as well as you need to. Tube feeding, also ...

In August last year, the girl (who was aged 11 then) underwent sleeve gastrectomy to reduce gastric volume, gastrostomy for decompression, and placement of a feeding gastrojejunostomy (GJ tube ...

The following is a summary of “A Comparison of Endoscopic and Surgical Gastrojejunostomy in Patients with Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction: A National Cohort Analysis (2016-2020),” published in ...

The gastrojejunostomy was constructed using a 25 mm circular stapler (EEA 2535, 3.5 mm Staples, Covidien®). Simultaneously, a 6 cm silastic (Fobi) ring was placed around the gastrojejunostomy.

Udupi, Jul 23: In a remarkable medical advancement, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, has successfully performed an innovative endoscopic procedure known as Endoultrasound-guided Gastrojejunostomy (EUS-GJ).

surgery (such as pyloroplasty or gastrojejunostomy), and gastric electrical stimulation. In general, patients should seek advice from their endocrinologist or gastroenterologist if gastroparesis ...

Early stage stomach cancer typically doesn’t have specific symptoms. But in later stages, the cancer often presents with symptoms ranging from unintended weight loss to jaundice, and usually ...

Eric Finkelstein ([email protected]) is director of the Public Health Economics Program at RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Justin Trogdon is a research economist in ...