This is typically used to decompress the stomach when there is a gastrointestinal blockage. In rare cases, it can be used for longer-term nutrition if the patient is not a candidate for a feeding tube ...

receive a feeding tube – known as a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, or PEG tube – and undergo an EDG, which can diagnose ...

A jejunal feeding tube (jejunostomy or J-tube ... tubes have limited roles in the treatment of gastroparesis. A PEG placed for gastric decompression should only be considered in the setting ...

He had complex medical needs before his scoliosis diagnosis, requiring peg feeding, which involves a feeding tube being inserted directly into the stomach through the abdominal wall. In July 2023 ...