Freka® Pexact II

Balloon tube with 90 day lifespan. Can be changed to a Freka GastroTube four weeks after placement within a fully formed and healed stoma.

• Latex free silicone tube, with retention balloon
• Gastropexy device with suturing material, single handed operation
• Improved fiaxation device enables single handed operation
• Trocar with peel away sheath, CH/FR 16
• Suturing material
• Scalpel
• Balloon tube with 90 day lifespan 
• Can be changed to Freka GastroTube four weeks after placement, within a fully formed and healed stoma
• Balloon fill volume - 5ml

Long-term intragastric feeding and gastric decompression, especially for patients where a PEG cannot be placed by pull technique such as:

• severe stenosis of the oesophagus 
• oesophageal varices
• oesophageal diverticula
• corrosive burns in the upper gastrointestinal tract 
• tumours in the ENT area - tube placed before surgical procedure
• radiotherapy or surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract 
• previous operations on the mouth or pharynx
• only nasal endoscopy possible 

Absolute contraindications 

• no transillumination and positive needle aspiration test
• blood-clotting disorders
• severe general wound-healing disorders
• sepsis
• peritonitis
• acute pancreatitis 
• obstructions in the lower gastrointestinal tract 
• tumour infiltration at the puncture site 
• ulceration at pucture site
• visible liver tumour 

Relative contraindictions (to be decided case-by-case)

• immune suppression
• ascites
• peritoneal carcinosis
• peritoneal dialysis (PD) 
• ventriculoperitoneal shunt 
• severe pschoses 
• anorexia nervosa