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• Gastrostomy — A surgical opening into the stomach. This opening may be used for feeding usually via a feeding tube called a gastrostomy tube. This can also be done by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). PEG is a surgical procedure for placing a feeding… …   Medical dictionary

• Gastrostomy — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME ICD10 = ICD9 = 43.1 MeshID = D005774 OtherCodes = Gastrostomy refers to a surgical opening into the stomach. Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or… …   Wikipedia

• Gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic (PEG) — A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen). The aim of PEG is to feed those who cannot swallow. PEG may be done by a surgeon, otolaryngologist (ENT specialist) or… …   Medical dictionary

• Feeding tube — A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot obtain nutrition by swallowing. The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called enteral feeding or tube feeding. Placement may be temporary for the treatment… …   Wikipedia

• gastrostomy — /gæsˈtrɒstəmi/ (say gas trostuhmee) noun (plural gastrostomies) the operation of cutting into the stomach and leaving a more or less permanent opening for feeding or drainage …  

• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 43.11 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is an endoscopic medical procedure in which a tube (PEG tube) is passed into a patient s stomach through the abdo …   Wikipedia

• Endoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous (PEG) — A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen). The aim of PEG is to feed those who cannot swallow. PEG may be done by a surgeon, otolaryngologist (ENT specialist), or… …   Medical dictionary

• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) — A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen). The aim of PEG is to feed those who cannot swallow. PEG may be done by a surgeon, otolaryngologist (ENT specialist) or… …   Medical dictionary

• percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy — (PEG) a method used for long term tube feeding, in which a tube is inserted through the chest wall into the stomach under endoscopic guidance …   Medical dictionary

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• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy — EGD redirects here. For the computer software Entropy Gathering Daemon, see /dev/random. For other expansions of the initialism OGD , see the disambiguation page. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Intervention Endosc …   Wikipedia