Results During the study period, 34 patients required gastrostomy tube replacement due to accidental removal. 14 of these required no tract dilatation prior to replacement of their balloon gastrostomy ...

In two (4%) these could be considered serious, with one experiencing unexplained pain in association with PEG feeding, which necessitated PEG tube removal, and the other having the tube removed after ...

The performance of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy is imperative before PEG tube placement. Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic ...

Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using fluoroscopic guidance. Using a percutaneous technique, a gastrostomy tube is introduced to hold the gastric wall ...

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But on October 31, Jasmine celebrated the removal of Darla’s feeding tube on social media, sharing a video of it being removed. “The day she got her tube out might not seem like such a big ...