Introduction Most patients needing Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding have incurable neurological disease, often with behavioural difficulty. Patient traction on tubing and weight ...

A 53-year-old man with dysphagia underwent uneventful placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube for long-term enteral feeding access. 11 hours after the procedure, it was ...

Methods A 6-year retrospective review of PEG tube placements in patients with compound hiatus hernia. All patients had prior failed attempts using the conventional ‘finger indentation’ technique. The ...

She was on a pureed food diet and they were worried she couldn ... causing damage to her throat." A PEG tube is surgically inserted through the wall of the abdomen directly into the stomach ...