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We aimed at assessing the effect of using a “Funada-kit II” device during laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (Lap-PEG), by reviewing 29 cases of Lap-PEG we performed from 2001 to 2011. We started using the “Funada-kit II” (CREATE MEDIC CO., Kanagawa, Japan) device with two parallel needles to puncture the stomach and assist suturing the anterior gastric wall to the anterior abdominal wall during Lap-PEG in 2011 (F-PEG). By introducing a loop through the lumen of one needle which allows placement of a suture introduced through the lumen of the other needle. Once repeated, the stomach can be pexied at two points, approximately 2 cm apart. We compared Lap-PEG (n = 23) with F-PEG (n = 6) where the mean ages and weights at surgery and sex ratios were similar. All cases were uneventful without intraoperative complications, although one postoperative wound infection occurred in a Lap-PEG case. There were no differences in the duration of analgesia, time taken to commence tube feeding, and return to full feeding. However, mean operating time was significantly shorter in F-PEG (28.1 min) versus Lap-PEG (46.1 min) p < 0.05. As per results F-PEG would appear to be as safe as Lap-PEG, but much quicker.
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This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aide (S0991013) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology, Japan (MEXT) through the Foundation for Strategic Research Projects in Private Universities.
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Takahashi, T., Miyano, G., Shiyanagi, S. et al. Laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy using a “Funada-kit II” device. Pediatr Surg Int 28, 925–929 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-012-3150-2
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