Up To Date 31++ Open Gastrostomy Tube Placement
Up To Date 31++ Open Gastrostomy Tube Placement. A gastrostomy is a direct opening from your abdominal wall into your stomach through which you can be fed. The gastrostomy is created and the gastrostomy tube placed during one of these methods: Surgical feeding tube placement (g tube, gj tube, or j tube) is performed in the operating room while the patient is. Gastrostomy tubes are feeding tubes placed through the abdomen into the stomach.