Feeding tube insertion through the round ligament of liver: a safe approach to placing a feeding tube for retrosternal gastric tube reconstruction after esophagectomy

J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Nov;213(5):e21-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.08.007. Epub 2011 Sep 9.

Authors

Masayuki Watanabe¹, Kojiro Etoh, Yohei Nagai, Yoshifumi Baba, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yasuo Sakamoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

PMID: 21906963
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.08.007

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Enteral Nutrition*
Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
Esophagectomy*
Esophagus / surgery*
Gastrostomy
Humans
Ligaments / surgery*
Liver*
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*