Endoscopic placement of gastrostomy tubes is used primarily for long-term nutritional support and where naso-oesophageal or oesophagostomy tube feeding is not possible.
The mushroom tip of the PEG tube is looped through the swaged-on wire loop to join it to the wire loop passing out of the mouth.The mushroom tip of the PEG tube is looped through the swaged-on wire loop to join it to the wire loop passing out of the mouth.