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Surg Endosc. 2007 Feb;21(2):299-302. doi: 10.1007/s00464-005-0727-z. Epub 2006 Nov 21.

Laparoscopic feeding jejunostomy in esophagogastric cancer.

Surgical endoscopy

A D Jenkinson, J Lim, N Agrawal, D Menzies

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL, United Kingdom. [email protected]

PMID: 17122985 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0727-z

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with esophagogastric malignancies often require nutritional supplementation in the perioperative period, especially in the setting where neoadjuvant therapy may delay tumor resection. A simple technique is described here that can be performed at the time of staging laparoscopy and that has not been described before.

RESULTS: Forty-three patients treated over a 4-year period who had a laparoscopic feeding jejunostomy placed at the time of staging laparoscopy were reviewed. Of these, 35 had preoperative chemotherapy according to a modified MRC OEO2 protocol. In the period between staging and eventual resection, 32% required immediate feeding, and in 14% of those who were thought not to need feeding it later became necessary. More patients gained weight or had a rise in albumin in the group that had jejunal feeding (p < 0.05). The mean time to surgery was 10 weeks. There were no conversions to an open procedure, nor were there any laparotomies for tube-related complications. Dislodgement was recorded in 6 patients; blockage, in 4. In most of these cases a simple bedside replacement of the tube was all that was required. Mean time in the operating room for each procedure was 44 minutes.

CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic percutaneous feeding jejunostomy is a safe and simple technique that adds little to the morbidity and cost of managing patients with esophagogastric cancers. It facilitates optimization of nutrition in the perioperative period for these patients, especially in those receiving preoperative chemotherapy.

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