Dannii Sterling doesn't know how long her daughter Billie would survive without a tracheostomy tube, so it's a race against ...

Ankura Hospital doctors perform successful minimally invasive procedure for Spina Bifida patient, achieving immediate relief ...

In search of a sustainable solution, she turned to Dr. VVS Chandrasekharam, Chief Surgeon – Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric ...

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 ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is most commonly performed for long-term enteral feeding access and/or gastric decompression. 1 The PEG procedure was first described by ...

Market OverviewThe Feeding Tubes Market is a rapidly growing industry that caters to the increasing demand for enteral nutrition devices. ... percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes, and ...

If you do need more long-term feeding support, a 2018 study found that percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes, when inserted into the abdomen, had a 68.5% chance of lasting 5 years ...