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Percutaneous Gastrostomy and Gastrojejunostomy with Gastropexy: Experience in 701 Procedures¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center/Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Ariz. Received December 5, 1997; revision requested February 24, 1998; revision received August 12; accepted November 5. Address reprint requests to C.L.D., Valley Radiologists Ltd, 5322 W Northern Ave, Glendale, AZ 83501.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of fluoroscopically directed percutaneous gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy catheter placement with gastropexy.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The authors retrospectively reviewed the charts from 643 patients referred for fluoroscopically directed percutaneous gastrostomy or gastrojejunostomy during a 9-year period. In 615 patients, placement was attempted with use of three T-fastener gastropexy devices followed by percutaneous gastric puncture. Placement of a 14-F gastrostomy or gastrojejunostomy catheter was then accomplished with the Seldinger technique.

RESULTS: A catheter could not be placed in 28 patients (4.4%) owing to overlying viscera or prior gastric surgery. In the remaining patients, 701 procedures, including revisions, were performed, including 643 gastrojejunostomies (92%) and 58 gastrostomies (8.3%). The success rate for catheter placement was 100%. Revision was necessary in 83 instances in 64 patients (13.5%). Forty-six (55%) of these were attributed to tube dislodgment, but only two repeat gastric punctures were necessary secondary to tract disruption. There were three major complications (0.5%) and 29 minor complications (5.3%). No complications were attributed directly to gastropexy. Thirty-day follow-up data were available for 393 patients (64%), and 14-day follow-up data were available for 550 (89%). The 30-day mortality rate was 5.8% (23 of 393 patients); none of the deaths were related to the procedure.

CONCLUSION: Fluoroscopically directed percutaneous placement of gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy catheters with routine gastropexy is a safe procedure. Catheter revision was necessary in 13% of patients and was usually secondary to tube dislodgment, with tract disruption an unusual complication.

Index terms: Gastrojejunostomy, 72.1269 • Gastrostomy, 72.1269 • Interventional procedures, complications, 72.1269 • Stomach, interventional procedure, 72.1269

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