A feeding tube insertion procedure, which is also called a gastrostomy, is a surgery where a feeding tube is installed in the ...
Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., nasal or percutaneous), tip location (e.g., stomach or jejunum), and enteral nutrition delivery ...
Getting a feeding tube before substantial weight loss may change the disease course and lengthen life with ALS, a study reports.
A Texas woman is facing nine felony charges after she was accused of forcing her teenage daughter to undergo numerous ...
For 45 years, I was married to the love of my life, Steve. As handsome as a film star and loaded with business smarts and ...
Officials say Lisa Campbell-Goins' case includes the placement of an unnecessary gastric feeding tube in her 7-year-old ...
In crisp white sheets, I lay in the folded down armchair beside her hospital bed. She sleeps gently beside me. I can hear the ...
A tube is inserted directly into the stomach through the skin of the abdomen ... way as a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube is in someone who’s unable to eat or drink ...
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new type of dynamic gastric balloon—a balloon that goes in the stomach ... via a tube similar to a feeding tube.