Modified gastrostomy feeding tubes in patients with oesophageal cancer: our experience from Northern Tanzania

Surgeons in resource-limited settings have adapted to overcome the challenges of the limitations of resources using different available methods and inventions from the local environment. We report four cases of oesophageal cancer palliatively treated with improvised gastrostomy feeding tubes by usin...

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Autores principales: Lodhia, Jay, Suleiman, Jamil, Chipongo, Hillary, Shadrack, Mathayo, Msuya, David, Chilonga, Kondo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8159268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab221
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author Lodhia, Jay
Suleiman, Jamil
Chipongo, Hillary
Shadrack, Mathayo
Msuya, David
Chilonga, Kondo
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description Surgeons in resource-limited settings have adapted to overcome the challenges of the limitations of resources using different available methods and inventions from the local environment. We report four cases of oesophageal cancer palliatively treated with improvised gastrostomy feeding tubes by using 24Fr urinary catheters, to optimize their nutritional status to withstand chemotherapy/radiotherapy. Two patients managed to begin chemo and radiotherapy, but only one out of the four survived. The aim of this report is to appraise the methods used by surgeons to overcome the challenges they face in clinical practice.
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spelling pubmed-81592682021-05-28 Modified gastrostomy feeding tubes in patients with oesophageal cancer: our experience from Northern Tanzania Lodhia, Jay Suleiman, Jamil Chipongo, Hillary Shadrack, Mathayo Msuya, David Chilonga, Kondo J Surg Case Rep Case Series Surgeons in resource-limited settings have adapted to overcome the challenges of the limitations of resources using different available methods and inventions from the local environment. We report four cases of oesophageal cancer palliatively treated with improvised gastrostomy feeding tubes by using 24Fr urinary catheters, to optimize their nutritional status to withstand chemotherapy/radiotherapy. Two patients managed to begin chemo and radiotherapy, but only one out of the four survived. The aim of this report is to appraise the methods used by surgeons to overcome the challenges they face in clinical practice. Oxford University Press 2021-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8159268/ /pubmed/34055301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab221 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8159268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab221
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