PMO-078 Technical feasibility: mechanically-retained low-profile button gastrostomy: Abstract PMO-078 Figure 1

Introduction

A replacement button-gastrostomy has been developed, retained by a mechanical internal fixator formed by loops of the tube shaft. When stretched by the introducer/extractor tool it returns to a completely flat tube profile, avoiding the need for oversizing the stoma, reducing pain on exchange and potentially increasing the tube dwell time beyond the recommended 3 month intervals of balloon tubes. We assessed whether the...