Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 202-203 , January 1999

Gastrostomy button conversion into a combined gastric and jejunal access device

  • Michael W.L Gauderer

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michael W.L. Gauderer, MD, Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital, Greenville Hospital System, 890 West Faris Rd, MMOB Suite 440, Greenville, SC 29605.

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  4. Wolfsen HC, Kozarek RA, Ball TJ, et al.  Tube dysfunction following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy. Gastrointest Endosc. 1990;36:261–263

☆ Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Hilton Head, South Carolina, May 10–13, 1998.

PII: S0022-3468(99)90257-9

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 202-203 , January 1999

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