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

Some discomfort or pain may occur with an IUD insertion. However, the insertion process is usually quick, taking less than 30 seconds. Some older research suggests that more than 70% of people who ...

The annual No Trousers Tube ride has taken place despite plunging temperatures in the capital. Trouserless passengers were seen across the London Underground network including in Westminster ...

There's no recovery from the tube placement itself, but it may take an hour or two for the sedation medications to wear off. Placement of gastrostomy or jejunostomy tubes is also a procedure that may ...

Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using fluoroscopic guidance. Using a percutaneous technique, a gastrostomy tube is introduced to hold the gastric wall ...