Percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement in a patient with prior sleeve gastrectomy

Sleeve gastrectomies have quickly become the most common bariatric weight loss surgery performed in the United States (U.S.). Given that hundreds of thousands of gastrostomy tubes (G tubes) are also placed each year, the number of patients with prior sleeve gastrectomies requiring a G tube will surely rise in the coming years. The case presented herein is a patient with prior sleeve gastrectomy who underwent percutaneous G tube placement.

First-in-Neonate Use of Noninvasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation: 18-Month Development and Sensory Processing Follow-Up

Date Presented 04/23/21 Infants discharged with gastrostomy tubes are more likely to have lower scores in all neurodevelopment outcomes than full-feed infants. A noninvasive application of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS), transcutaneous auricular VNS (taVNS), stimulates the auricular branch of the vagal nerve. Yet, the long-term impact of the application of taVNS remains unknown. Early findings from this study reveal that taVNS could have a positive impact on children's neurodevelopmental and sensory performance observed at 18 months follow-up evaluation. Primary Author and Speaker: Turki Khaild Aljuhani