Endoscopic gastrostomy
It is a procedure used in patients who can not feed themselves (the most common case is the person who suffers an embolism or cerebral hemorrhage), before this brain damage the patient can not swallow the food.
The procedure consists of placing a probe that will exit through the upper abdomen (mouth of the stomach), the procedure is performed entirely by endoscopy using sedation and local anesthesia in the abdomen.
By having this probe placed, a way is obtained for permanent feeding of the patient, avoiding undressing, the probe has an average duration of 1 year and at the end of this period if necessary it can be changed to a new one easily through the same hole without the need of a new endoscopic procedure, likewise when the probe is no longer necessary (because the patient has already improved with physical therapy and can feed himself) is easily removed in the office of the specialist by traction of it.
