Post-gastrostomy complications range from 8 to 30%. These complications often occur following discharge into the community and may result in hospital readmission. Our unit previously reported a ...

A gastrostomy tube, or “G-tube,” provides access for long-term enteral nutrition in patients who are unable to eat. Gastrostomy tubes may be required in patients with cancer, stroke, traumatic ...

Aprecia, the global leader in 3DP (three-dimensional print) technology for commercial-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

A feeding tube is a device that’s inserted into your stomach through your abdomen. It’s used to supply nutrition when you have trouble eating. Learn about how to prepare for a feeding tube ...

In addition to oral administration, Spritam may now be administered via nasogastric tube (NG tube) or gastrostomy tube (G tube). The approval was based on data confirming that the drug can be ...

Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

BRANDENBERG, Maddock and Schweitzer1 reported the treatment by transgastric cyst gastrostomy of 2 patients with pancreatic pseudocysts and pancreatitis in 1951. Maddock suggested this procedure, wh ...

However, gastrostomy tubes are not risk-free, and we hypothesized that they are linked to certain adverse outcomes such as healthcare associated complications (HACs). The purpose of this study was to ...

Nasogastric or gastrostomy feeding can be tailored to fit in with other aspects of the child’s lifestyle and should not dictate it (Sidey and Torbet, 1995). A number of suggestions for addressing ...

The Persatuan Kebajikan Sayap Kasih Malaysia, a Malaysian NGO organisation, is now urgently seeking funds to improve a ...