The gastrostomy port is used for venting or emptying stomach drainage or air and or for feeding and the jejunostomy port is used for feeding. Jejunostomy tube: This tube is inserted into the small ...

A feeding tube insertion procedure, which is also called a gastrostomy, is a surgery where a feeding tube is installed in the patient's stomach through an abdominal incision. Feeding tube ...

Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., nasal or percutaneous), tip location (e.g ...

Severe dysphagia significantly increases mortality risk after PEG, a new study finds. Patients with severe swallowing ...

After decades of mysterious pain, a Milwaukee woman has learned a tube was left inside her body during surgery 35 years ago. Now, she's suing Aurora Sinai, claiming negligence. The nightmare began for ...

The suspect, Naoki Yamamoto, 46, visited the 51-year-old patient’s apartment in Kyoto in November 2019 and injected her with the drug through a gastrostomy feeding tube, the prosecutors said.