G tube Overview

An animation depicting the use of a gastrostomy (G) tube. It is part of an education series developed by CancerQuest (http://cancerquest.org). G tubes are also called PEG tubes, feeding tubes or stomach tubes. More information can be found on CancerQuest at http://www.cancerquest.org/index.cfm?page=5022 .

Category:

Education

Tags:

• gastrostomy
• G-tube
• G tube
• PEG tube
• stomach tube
• feeding tube
• head cancer
• neck cancer
• anorexia

[Cookielovesz]

Wih that tube I can put the food out of my stomach

[CancerQuest]

The tubes are not used to extract food, only insert it.

[walkingdan]

Very nice demo, thanks for sharing.

[jws5223]

WOW the model they show in this video is soo old! Im 21 now and the last time I had that long model was about 10-12 years ago!

[RavingMonkeyMadmen]

@joelryton ive got the tube and i have chrons disease to be honest i dont really notice it anymore, im getting it removed when am 18

[sume555]

this makes me wonder how a stomach pump would work

[joelryton]

I have a friend who has a tube like this. He does not have cancer but I think he still struggles with it.