“How PEG Tube Surgery is Done: Life-Saving Feeding Tube Explained! A PEG Tube — short for Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy — is a medical procedure that helps patients who can’t eat or swallow safely get nutrition directly into their stomach. ✅ The doctor uses an endoscope (a flexible camera tube) to guide placement. ✅ A small incision is made in the abdomen. ✅ The feeding tube is inserted into the stomach through the skin. ✅ The tube allows liquid food and medicine to go directly to the stom

Peg Tubes Explained! 🤍PEG tube → percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube 🤍 Device inserted through the abdominal wall directly into the stomach 🤍Provides a means for delivering nutrition, fluids, and medications directly into the stomach for individuals who are unable to consume food orally. 🤍 Be sure to crush medications finely to avoid clogging the tube (always check if the medication can be crushed!) 🤍Flush the tube before & after administering feeds or medication to to avoid clogging t