Background: Since it was described in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been a widely used method for insertion of a gastrostomy tube in patients who are unable to swallow or ...

Researchers sought to identify studies on enteral feeding and its effects on nutrition status, survival, and quality of life in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers.

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

Esophagostomy feeding tubes may be used to provide nutrition to animals with insufficient calorie intake. This column describes tube placement and use in the feline patient. Esophagostomy tubes ...

Within a 5-year period, 92 PEG tube were inserted into 85 patients (22 female, 63 male). Excluding one patient, a 5-year-old girl, their ages ranged from 20 to 87 years with a mean age of 55.94 ± ...