Digestive Disease Interventions 2022; 06(01): 052-060
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742295
Review Article

Interventional Techniques to Support Enteral Nutrition

Autor*innen

  • Simon Long

    1   Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California
  • Dayantha Fernando

    1   Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California
  • Christina Boyd

    1   Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California
  • James Katrivesis

    1   Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California
  • Harold Park

    1   Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California

Abstract

In patients requiring nutritional support, enteral nutrition has been shown to have many benefits, including improved long-term outcomes, when compared to parenteral alternatives. Given our baseline comfort with medical imaging and knowledge of anatomy, Interventional Radiologists can support a patient's caloric needs and circumvent more invasive surgical methods for placing feeding tubes.



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 20. September 2021

Angenommen: 09. November 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
20. Januar 2022

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