Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy - Inner View

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Case description

The image display the Foley´s Catheter into the stomach It began has a progressive dysphagia. At first, he was under care by another gastroenterologist, who after failing to dilatate the esophagus, referred the patient to surgery, where he got a Foley's catheter for Percutaneous feeding. (surgical gastrostomy) Due to this way of feeding, the patient suffers some psychological distress. After three moths of having the catheter, his family decided to look for a different opinion and came to us, where we offered to practice a balloon hydrostatic dilatation.

tags: reflux esophagitis percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy PEG

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