Enteral nutrition is the process of nourishing a patient with a liquid diet of defined composition, usually given through a nasogastric, nasointestinal, gastrostomy, or jejunostomy tube. Parenteral nutrition is the administration of nutrients directly into the bloodstream through a central venous catheter or by peripheral infusion. When the only source of nutrient intake is via the parenteral r...

Jejunostomy for enteral feeding is excellent for patients who cannot manage oral intake, with a low complication rate. A Foley catheter, Ryle tube, Kerh tube or needle-catheter (Jejuno-Cath®) are commonly used. It is a safe procedure but it can lead to severe complications. We present two cases: firstly, an 80 year old male who was admitted to the Emergency Room with a bowel perforation seconda...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Certain patients who undergo proximal jejunum resection are unable to undergo primary anastomosis and require exteriorization of the proximal jejunum. These patients usually have major problems with short bowel due to the high output of the stoma. The output of a proximal jejunostomy contains abundant amounts of enzymes and electrolytes. Therefore, it is a feasible app...

Introduction: Patients are kept nil per oral (NPO) after surgery for gastric cancer and all patients receives intravenous fluids till feed is commenced. There established benefit of enteral nutrition cancer. Early feeding comes with lots hesitation execution, so to offer benefits early avoid feeding, nasojejunal tube (NJ) can be used as alternative jejunostomy (FJ) also total parenteral (TPN) a...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Patients often suffer from malnutrition after digestive tract surgery. It leads to a longer recovery and a higher rate of postoperative complications. Early postoperative jejunostomy feeding is a way of tackling this problem. Opinions emerge that feeding via jejunostomy catheter is not the ideal method because of its complications. Our aim was to assess a complication rate of lo...

MHD Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes have been used for approximately 30 years. They were originally designed for use in children and have become a fairly standard part of gastroenterology and surgical endoscopy. The various kits that have been developed for placement of PEG tubes have similar components: a PEG tube and instrumentation for making an incision to obtain access to t...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Fulminant necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) may result in extensive bowel necrosis. Resection of involved segments may result in short bowel syndrome. Multiple stomas result in complications and further loss of intestinal length with closure. METHODS Two patients with extensive multisegmental NEC were treated with an intraluminal stent without anastomosis. All necrotic intest...

1. The effect of high jejunostomy upon the life and chemical changes of the blood of dogs is here reported. 2. Sodium chloride solution administered in sufficient quantity after high jejunostomy prolongs the life of dogs. 3. Such experimental findings as these warrant a careful cinical study of the effects of high jejunostomy so frequently used in the treatment of acute intestinal obstruction.