Feeding jejunostomy: Is there enough evidence to justify its routine use?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-145

  Date, R S ^a   Clements, W D B ^a   Gilliland, C R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, oesophageal; Feeding jejunostomy, complications; Gastric surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEEDING JEJUNOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042643043     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077454     Document Type: Article

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