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[Dysphagia] Janeway Surgery
I have ONE patient with this - they keep a washcloth over it usually and
it does not leak much at all. There is a small, red-pink, healthy
appearing stoma and intact surrounding skin. Caregiver likes it a great
deal.
Vikki Stefans, M.D., pediatric physiatrist (rehab doc for kids) at UAMS
and Arkansas Children's Hospital. Working Mom of Sarah T. and Michael C.,
and wife of Henry Stefans. Every mom is a working mom!- OK, dads too.
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, gerriann jackson wrote:
> I had posted this question and finally got an answer when the surgeon who
> brought it up returned from vacation. I thought that I would post the
> answer in case anyone else was curious.
>
> The surgery involves cutting a flap in the anterior wall of the gastric
> stomach and fashioning a tube from the flap. A stoma is created in the
> adominal wall and the tube is attached to the stoma. This creates a
> permanent entranceway into the stomach. Each time the person with dysphagia
> is to be fed, tubing is placed into the stomach via this opening and the
> nourishment is administered. When the feeding is over, the tube is removed.
>
> This surgery is not performed often for the obvious reason; leaking of
> gastric contents, esp. acid out through the stoma.
>
> So that is a Janeway surgical procedue.
>
> Gerriann Jackson
>
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