DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
PERCUTANEOUS GASTROSTOMY
Vascular feeding may be an alternative in patients who have problems with oral food intake and who cannot.
However, a common infection called sepsis can cause serious diseases such as liver failure, metabolic problems, venous blockage and infections, and disruption of the bowel structure.
In the patient group with head and neck tumors or malignant tumors of the esophagus, impaired swallowing function due to cerebral vascular diseases and musculoskeletal disorders, nutritional support due to prolonged illness or major surgery, and oral feeding due to severe gastric-reflux and back-escape catheters placed in the stomach, catheters placed in the stomach can provide the patient with nutrition.
With the help of advanced imaging methods, the catheter placed in the stomach can provide continuity of the physiological feeding route of the patient and the patient can be protected from the possible disadvantages of intravenous feeding.
GASTROINTESTINAL (DIGESTIVE SYSTEM) TREATMENTS
Esophagus cancer is ranked 6th among cancer deaths and its prognosis is very poor.
During the presentation, only 50% of cases have a surgical chance and the 5-year survival rate is less than 10%.
Esophageal tumors can prevent the patient from ingesting fluid after a while by preventing the ingestion of nutrients from the mouth.
Supportive treatment for this group of patients and the ability of the patient to maintain oral nutrition is very critical.
In this group of patients, specially manufactured stents can be reopened by the use of a closed method without surgery and the canal can be reopened and the patient can receive nutrients from the mouth again.
The same procedures can be performed in the narrowing and obstruction of the small and large intestine due to cancerous tissue or other reasons.
In these cases, it is possible to intervene in the segment where the passage is blocked by a balloon or stent and to activate the passage again.