Sanford Health: Surgeon's Modified Gastrostomy Tube May Reduce Patient Risk
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 11 -- Sanford Health issued the following news:
Dr. Steven Briggs' idea started brewing during his work in trauma and critical care. As a trauma surgeon, he had recently dealt with a series of severe complications involving the standard percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube.
About 300,000 PEG tubes get placed annually in the U.S. Passed into the stomach through the abdominal wall, the tube delivers nutrients when patients cannot ma . . .
Dr. Steven Briggs' idea started brewing during his work in trauma and critical care. As a trauma surgeon, he had recently dealt with a series of severe complications involving the standard percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube.
About 300,000 PEG tubes get placed annually in the U.S. Passed into the stomach through the abdominal wall, the tube delivers nutrients when patients cannot ma . . .