Kimberly-Clark Health Care has posted a preview of its new method for percutaneous endoscopic placement of balloon-retained enteral feeding tubes, according to a release by the company.
The procedure is performed using the Kimberly-Clark MIC, MIC-KEY Introducer Kit by John Fang, MD, clinical director of gastroenterology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center and associate professor of medicine at the University of Utah.
Stephen McClave, MD, director of clinical nutrition at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, moderates the procedure and explains critical aspects of the initial placement of enteral feeding tubes.
The full 22-minute OR-Live premiere webcast will be given to a select audience who pre-registers on its website
Read the Kimberly-Clark Health Care report on endoscopy.
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