The Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation reports that "G-tubes are the most common type of feeding tube. They are placed surgically or endoscopically directly through the skin and into the stomach." ...

For long term tube feeding, a PEG tube, which enters the stomach through a track in the patient's lower abdomen, is preferred. Terri Schiavo, for instance was being given nutrition via a PEG.

A feeding tube is reserved for children with clearly defined conditions that make it impossible for them to thrive without food delivered directly to their stomach.

March 29, 2005 / 3:29 PM EST / CBS/AP Pope John Paul II might return to the hospital to have a feeding tube inserted, an Italian news agency reported Tuesday. It stressed that no decision has been ...

This means feeding tubes don't provide 100 per cent protection against aspiration pneumonia. In some cases, a feeding tube may supply more fluid and nutrition than the patient actually needs.

A feeding tube, a long piece of plastic that goes from outside the body directly into the stomach, can provide life-sustaining nutrition to a child who otherwise can't consume enough to survive.

As the tube moves through the nose or mouth (90% of feeding tubes enter through the nose) to the esophagus into the stomach or small intestine, electromagnetic navigation displays on a computer screen ...

Leading doctors say some dying patients are inappropriately being given stomach tubes for feeding. New guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) say every effort should be made to maintain ...

The approach, called Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy, or PUG, utilizes a device with magnets that doctors can use to guide a feeding tube into place. It also features an ultrasound that allows ...

2005-03-31 04:00:00 PDT Rome-- Pope John Paul II is receiving liquid feedings through a tube that was inserted through his nose and winds down into his stomach, Vatican officials announced ...