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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:756-758
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Jejunopexy for Selectively Placed Fluoroscopically Guided Percutaneous Jejunal Feeding Tubes

A.L. Jackson Slappy, MDa,b,*, John A. Odell, MDa,b, Ronald A. Hinder, MDc, J. Mark McKinney, MDa,b,c

a Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery, Florida
b Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Florida
c Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida

Accepted for publication July 6, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Slappy, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Department of Surgery, Davis 3N, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224. (Email: slappya{at}bellsouth.net).

Prophylactic placement of feeding jejunostomy tubes in patients undergoing esophagectomy or gastrectomy continues to be a common practice. The aim of jejunostomy is to maintain nutrition, especially with an anastomotic leak. Frequently total or supplemental nutrition through a jejunostomy is not required, rendering prophylactic placement unnecessary. In addition, feeding jejunostomy tubes have potentially serious complications.






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