摘要 |
Apparatus and method for performing percutaneous-endoscopic gastrostomy, according to which a gastroscope (2) partially insertable into the stomach of a patient is fitted with an illumination system (16) and an optical device (18) and has a tubular body (4) inside which a sliding gastrostomy tube (23) is mounted fitted on one end with a penetration element (27); a sliding perforation and traction element (34) is mounted inside the gastrostomy tube (23) and is fitted with an expulsion device (37) in such a way that when traction and/or thrust is exercised on the perforation and traction element (34), the gastrostomy tube (23) is progressively extracted, first with the penetration element (27), from the inside of the stomach to the outside. |