A Wisconsin woman sued the hospital that performed a lifesaving procedure on her, claiming that they left a feeding tube inside her — 35 years ago. The post ‘They took my whole life’: Woman lived with ...

Most commercially available sumped or double lumen gastric tubes are made of polyurethane for this reason. There is a relatively large range of sizes and lengths of feeding tubes available for use ...

Jessie Sharp, 29, has gastroparesis which means she can’t process food properly and has to rely on a feeding tube and gastric ...

She said the feeding tube was inserted while she was on life support in 1989, but it was never removed. It has caused her ...

Detectives believe Campbell-Goins was inserting an unnecessary gastric feeding tube into her granddaughter to create medical issues and garner sympathy for the girl. They suspect this was a ploy ...

Feeding tubes can be placed surgically, endoscopically or by interventional radiology. Nasogastric Tube (NG): An NG tube passes through the nose, down the throat and esophagus and ends in the stomach.

A shocking discovery for a woman as she says a surgical feeding tube was left inside her body for 35 years, causing her continuous pain and health complications.Deborah Lowe filed ...

Severe dysphagia significantly increases mortality risk after PEG, a new study finds. Patients with severe swallowing ...

Goins provided a false medical history for the then 5-year-old victim in order to get an unnecessary gastric feeding tube placed in May 2023, which was used to give the child unneeded medications ...

low-energy impulses to your stomach to help with nausea and vomiting. In extreme cases, you may need a feeding tube (also called a jejunostomy tube). A surgeon will put a special tube through your ...

and handling of the feeding tube and feeding apparatus. A study of duodenal aspirates obtained during the placement of gastric tubes demonstrated that colonization increased with age and that ...