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Feeding Tube Placement and Revision

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Position : Supine, arms at side on armboards
Time : 30-60 min (short)
Blood Loss : Very Low (5-10 ml)
Post-op Pain : Moderate (4-6)
Maintenance Paralytic : Yes
Blocks : TAP, Rectus Sheath
Considerations : Aspiration risk / Full stomach, Off-site

Anesthetic Approaches

1GETT
2MAC, Propofol Drip, Local Anesthetic
The Surgery

Open (Stamm) gastrostomy - Short upper midline or left transverse incision; the anterior gastric wall is grasped, concentric purse-string sutures are placed, the tube enters through a gastrotomy and...

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