Purse gastrostomy

Gastrostomy is to establish a passage between the anterior stomach wall and the anterior abdominal wall to the outside of the body to solve the nutritional problems of some patients. There are many methods of gastrostomy, but they are generally divided into two categories: temporary gastrostomy and permanent gastrostomy, which can be selected according to the nature of the patient's disease and prognosis.

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