Abstract

• Feeding gastrostomy is a popular alternative in patients with swallowing difficulty. Many of theses patients are high anesthetic risk. Nonoperative percutaneous gastrostomy is a simple and safe precedure, and appear promising as alternatives for enteric alimentation.
  The auther performed 26 cases of percutaneous gastrostomy from June 1987 to April 1991 at Ewha Womans University Hospital.
  The underlying diseases of the patients were esophageal cancer(14 cases). CNS disease(10 cases) and lung cancer(2 case).
  Seldinger method was used in all cases.
  The general condition improved in all patients, and there were no serious complications. Gastrostomy tubes were patent in all patients during their survival period, and easily changeable to a larger bore tubes.