G-tube Surgery

A gastrostomy tube, also called a g-tube or feeding tube, helps your child receive nutrients, medication and fluids that they’d traditionally ingest through their mouth. Learn how we connect a g-tube and its uses.

Pediatric g-tube surgery delivers nutrients, medication and fluids directly into your child’s stomach. We place a pediatric gastrostomy tube for a variety of reasons and it’s useful for many different treatments. Pediatric g-tube placement is usually a temporary solution that provides a way of delivering nutrients and medication until a time when they can safely ingest through their mouth. Watch the video to learn about the gastrostomy tube placement procedure and how it helps them to grow and recover.

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