Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical construction of a permanent opening from the external surface of the abdominal wall into the stomach, usually for inserting a feeding tube.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the operation of forming an artificial opening into the stomach, for introducing food when it cannot pass through the gullet, on account of obstruction or stricture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The surgical procedure for making an opening in the
stomach as part of anoperation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Children who are unable to consume adequate calories or who have poor growth may require a nasogastric tube (NG tube) or gastrostomy tube (G-tube) to improve their nutrition and growth.
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Bleeding from the gastrostomy opening, which is minimal and stops quickly
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For long term treatment, a gastrostomy tube can be placed directly in the stomach.
Treatment 2010
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Oral feeding, sip feeding, and feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes are all enteral nutrition.
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy placement is performed by a gastroenterologist and an interventional radiologist.
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A tube feeding into the stomach is a gastrostomy tube, or G-tube; a tube feeding into the intestines is a gastrojejunostomy tube, or GJ-tube.
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The Pediatric Enteral Access Center provides evaluation and assessment of the need for enteral access (gastrostomy and jejunostomy feedings).
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Many care homes say they will not take a patient until they have had a gastrostomy.
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Oral feeding, sip feeding, and feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes are all enteral nutrition.
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The Center also provides problem solving and solutions for gastrostomy/jejunostomy tube issues that may arise.
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