Complications of Jejunostomy Feeding Tubes: A Single Center Experience of 546 Cases.
Conor H O'NeillJaclyn MoorePrejesh PhilipsRobert C G MartinPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2020)
Jejunostomy feeding tubes resulted in adverse events in less than a third of patients. Patient-related hassle must be communicated preoperatively in order to prevent jejunostomy tube-related morbidity. Optimal early and late jejunostomy feeding optimization varies based on preoperative patient comorbidities, type of operation, and the need for adjuvant oncology therapy.