DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i12.008

Pages: 4668-4671

In this study, in the cases when the endoscopic route was failed or contraindicated, nutrition-related mortality after surgical gastrostomy was investigated. In this study, patients who underwent surgical gastrostomy with mini-laparotomy under local anesthesia for nutrition in a tertiary hospital were retrospectively investigated. The demographic data, surgical gastrostomy indications, ASA scores, complications, and nutrition-related mortality after gastrostomy were evaluated in 71 patients included in the study. The mean age of the patients is 64.9 ± 16.7 years. Thirteen (18.3%) patients had ASA III and 58 (81.7%) had ASA IV scores. The target calorie and protein intake were reached within 3.36 ± 0.46 days according to the tolerance of the patients. Complications occurred in 16 patients (22.4%) after surgical gastrostomy and 15 patients (19.6%) developed mortality within the first month. In 5 of these patients (33.3%), aspiration pneumonia due to nutrition was detected as mortality reason.