Boston, MA -Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center and OR-Live will conduct a live webcast of a pediatric Laparoscopic Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (LAPEG) procedure on Tuesday, July 1 at Noon.
Floating Hospital's Chief of Pediatric Surgery Brian Gilchrist, MD and LAPEG creator and Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology Alex Flores, MD will perform the procedure along with other members of Floating Hospital's specially trained pediatric surgical team. Peter Ngo, MD, Director of Pediatric Endoscopy at Floating Hospital, will moderate the webcast.
The event will feature live Internet transmission of the procedure, as well as interviews with Drs. Gilchrist, Ngo, and pediatric surgeon Carl-Christian Jackson, MD.
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Boston, MA -Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center and OR-Live will conduct a live webcast of a pediatric Laparoscopic Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (LAPEG) procedure on Tuesday, July 1 at Noon.
Floating Hospital's Chief of Pediatric Surgery Brian Gilchrist, MD and LAPEG creator and Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology Alex Flores, MD will perform the procedure along with other members of Floating Hospital's specially trained pediatric surgical team. Peter Ngo, MD, Director of Pediatric Endoscopy at Floating Hospital, will moderate the webcast.
The event will feature live Internet transmission of the procedure, as well as interviews with Drs. Gilchrist, Ngo, and pediatric surgeon Carl-Christian Jackson, MD.
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, or "PEG," is the surgical placement of a feeding tube in a patient who is not getting proper nutrition, usually due to metabolic or digestive disorders. The LAPEG procedure was developed by Dr. Flores, and is an enormously innovative advancement on the standard PEG procedure. With the LAPEG operation, the surgeon/gastroenterologist team use laparoscopic surgical techniques to visually confirm correct placement of the feeding tube even in very young infants, avoiding many of the risks of complications posed by conventional PEG surgery.
The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Floating Hospital for Children provides outstanding inpatient and outpatient consultative services, follow-up care, support and education for patients with complex gastrointestinal disorders including:
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative colitis)
- Food allergies, aversion and intolerance
- Celiac disease
- Organic and non-organic failure to thrive
- Liver disease
- Gastro-enteropathies
- Initiation and management of enteral and parenteral feeding
- Overweight /obesity
- Malabsorptive disorders
- Mitochondrial disorders
- GI issues of physically disabled and developmentally challenged patients
The Division of Pediatric Surgery at Floating Hospital for Children works with young patients, their parents/caregivers and family physicians to provide excellent surgical care for children.
Floating Hospital's pediatric surgeons treat diseases and conditions of the lungs, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, liver and gallbladder, spleen and lymph nodes. Using minimally invasive techniques, ambulatory surgery and traditional in-patient surgery, our physicians always strive to provide the safest, least invasive care possible.
As a Level 1 pediatric trauma center, Floating Hospital is also capable of treating children with any severity of injury. Led by highly skilled pediatric surgeons, the multidisciplinary trauma team ensures the highest level of care for any child who is the victim of trauma.
The unique resources at Floating Hospital allow the surgeons to work closely with physicians in other pediatric specialty areas ranging from newborn medicine to pediatric hematology-oncology, to provide coordinated care for young patients. Child Life specialists provide excellent support for children during all phases of their visit.
About Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children
Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children serve as the principal teaching hospitals for Tufts University School of Medicine. Physicians offer advanced medical science and services for both adults and children in every major specialty and subspecialty and an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with complicated diseases. All full-time physicians at Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children hold faculty appointments at Tufts University School of Medicine.
As the oldest permanent medical facility in New England and one of the first in the nation, the 451-bed Medical Center offers compassionate, patient-centered care, where a team approach ensures both complete and thorough consideration of treatment options. Patients value the personal, caring touch offered by Tufts Medical Center physicians and staff. Each patient has a specially designated primary nurse who coordinates nursing care, provides patient education and facilitates discharge planning.
