gastrostomy

If feeding becomes difficult, a gastrostomy tube may be considered.

The opening may be used for feeding, such as with a gastrostomy tube.

Sometimes, decompression is difficult even with a gastrostomy tube in place.

A drainage bag with a valve may also be attached to the gastrostomy tube.

If all other methods fail, high gastrostomy can be used to ligate the bleeding vessel.

Administration methods directly into the stomach include those by gastric feeding tube or gastrostomy.

He poured out a liquid food and turned on a pump to propel it into the gastrostomy tube.

The child receives nutrition through a gastrostomy directly into the stomach (Blackman et al.

A tube may be inserted into the stomach (gastrostomy tube) and out through the skin.

The gastrostomy tube is often placed using local numbing medicines (anesthesia).

In certain situations where normal or nasogastric feeding is not possible, gastrostomy may be of no clinical benefit.

A feeding (gastrostomy) tube is recommended when any of the following occur:

A feeding tube inserted through the mouth or gastrostomy may be necessary if swallowing is impaired.

Infants and patients fed via a gastrostomy tube can also be given a ketogenic diet.

Among those patients, 67% had base of tongue lesions and 82% of them used gastrostomy tube either before or during the treatment.

Because of delayed gastric emptying, a gastrostomy tube was inserted.

Also a gastrostomy could be necessary to assure an adequate caloric intake while protecting the airway.

If eating becomes too hazardous or uncomfortable, the option of using a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is available.

Moreover, he could swallow food and take meals by mouth, meaning he was no longer dependent on a gastrostomy tube.

The advantage over a gastrostomy is its low risk of aspiration due to its distal placement.

A method for inserting a feeding gastrostomy tube without the need for surgery was first described in 1980.

The feeding tube may be placed in the stomach (gastrostomy) or down into the jejunum (jejunostomy).

This is called a gastrostomy.

In 1858, he performed practically the first gastrostomy in England for a case of cancer of the oesophagus.

Tube placement may also be done by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, or surgical jejunostomy.