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Mucous Fistula Refeeding
With Dr. Miguel Gilfon & Dr. Jorge Cantu · hosted by Dr. Todd Ponsky
Chapter 1 of 3 · Fundamentals
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What the experts said
Mucous fistula refeeding has been done in bigger patients and neonates, but not preterms
The paper is a retrospective study with two arms comparing neonates with stoma and mucous fistula versus stoma without mucous fistula or without refeeding
Refeeding patients through the mucous fistula allows them to get off TPN sooner
Refeeding through the mucous fistula allows patients to have reconstruction surgery sooner