Witzel Gastrostomy Procedure. A 10 scalpel is used to make a midline incision 3. This video contains subtitles.
This video contains subtitles. This study reports a series of cases where laparoscopic gastrostomy was performed via a witzel approach without gastropexy. A retrospective chart review was performed of all patients at a tertiary academic medical center who underwent witzel gastrostomy without gastropexy over a 3 year period.
Laparoscopic witzel gastrostomy could be performed successfully in all patients with aerodigestive cancer.
None of the laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement procedures was converted to an open. None of the laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement procedures was converted to an open. During laparoscopic gastrostomy it is standard to perform gastropexy apposing visceral and parietal peritoneum. The witzel jejunostomy is the most common method of jejunostomy creation.
