TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Gastrostomy A1 - Ellison, E. Christopher A1 - Zollinger, Jr., Robert M. A1 - Pawlik, Timothy M. A1 - Vaccaro, Patrick S. A1 - Bitans, Marita A1 - Baker, Anthony S. PY - 2022 T2 - Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, 11e AB - Gastrostomy is commonly used as a temporary procedure to avoid the discomfort of prolonged nasogastric suction following such major abdominal procedures as vagotomy and subtotal gastrectomy, colectomy, and so forth. This procedure should be considered during abdominal operations in poor-risk or elderly patients prone to pulmonary difficulties or in whom postoperative nutritional difficulties are anticipated. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187820644 ER -