A feeding tube insertion procedure, which is also called a gastrostomy, is a surgery where a feeding tube is installed in the ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) provides a non-surgical alternative to long-term enteral feeding. The gastrostomy tube, however, may deteriorate, malfunction, or be accidentally expelled ...

After a second hiatal hernia surgery, a Scottsdale man thought he'd have feeding tubes in for over half a year. Little did he know, a second opinion would change his life. In a Scottsdale ...

Getting a feeding tube before substantial weight loss may change the disease course and lengthen life with ALS, a study reports.

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical gastrostomy. Refinements in the ...

The thought of managing a gastrostomy tube, or G-tube, at home can be scary. This video streamlines the process and offers tips and techniques to aid both the person and the family caregiver managing ...

Drs. Flynn, Park, Kovatsis and Jena are physicians and researchers at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jena is an author of ...

Non-robotic minimally invasive surgery (also called endoscopic or laparoscopic surgery) can be done utilizing an endoscope (a narrow tube with a camera that is inserted through small incisions or ...

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica was recuperating Friday after a successful operation, according to the leftwing ...

With general anesthesia, a tube is placed into your airway to provide ventilation ... or problems that may necessitate postponing surgery (e.g., a major infection). With COPD, your pre-operative ...