Peg J Tube Placement. The tube is placed during an endoscopy a procedure that lets your doctor see inside your stomach and small intestine. A pej tube is placed in your jejunum which is the second part of your small intestine. Peg j placement is usually performed as a 2 step procedure and is used for a variety of conditions such as gastroparesis. A 24 fr peg was placed and a 12 fr jejunostomy catheter was passed through the peg into the jejunum figure 2.
A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy peg tube is a soft plastic tube placed in the stomach through the skin percutaneously with the help of an endoscope. The endoscope is then advanced through your esophagus the food pipe leading from your mouth into your stomach and into your stomach. They serve as alternatives to enteral feeding and laparotomy guided placement of feeding tubes. During the peg tube placement procedure a physician places an endoscope a long thin flexible instrument about 1 2 inch in diameter into your mouth. 28 the peg j procedure requires more than a peg procedure increasing the risk of peritonitis. A 24 fr peg was placed and a 12 fr jejunostomy catheter was passed through the peg into the jejunum figure 2.
Finally peritonitis may be increased in this population due to the mobility of the patients resulting in accidental pulling removal of the tube.
To the best of our knowledge there are no studies comparing d pej and. To the best of our knowledge there are no studies comparing d pej and. First the peg tube is placed using endoscopic transillumination followed by tube placement with the pull method and trimming of the peg tube to approximately 20 cm. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy peg and percutaneous endoscopic gastro jejunal peg j tubes are common procedures in the management of patients who require long term nutritional support. The j tube jejunostomy tube on the other hand is a soft plastic tube placed through the skin of the abdomen into the mid section of the small intestine the jejunum. A 24 fr peg was placed and a 12 fr jejunostomy catheter was passed through the peg into the jejunum figure 2.