Gastrostomy Tube Replacement: How Do You Replace A G-Tube? What is a Gastrostomy Tube? A Gastrostomy Tube (G-tube) is a feeding tube inserted into the abdomen through the belly to provide nutrition or medication to patients who are unable to feed themselves. It is one of the ways the doctors make sure that the patients who have trouble swallowing the fluid & eating the food take the calories they need. A G-tube feeding insertion is the placement of a feeding tube through the skin and the stomach wall into the abdomen. A surgeon puts a G-tune during a procedure called a Gastrostomy which can stay in place for as long as a patient needs it. Once the G-tube is removed, the tract narrows down or closes within hours. A doctor or healthcare physician can recommend a patient to get a G Tube replacement service for a variety of medical conditions, but the most common is to enable patients to get essential nutrients through a tube replacement. Read more: https://www.merchantcircle.com/blogs/wound-care-surgeons-canoga-park-ca/2022/12/Gastrostomy-Tube-Replacement-How-Do-You-Replace-A-G-Tube-/2354110 #GastrostomyTube #GTubereplacementservice #feedingtubereplacementSanDiego #woundcaredoctorsnearme #woundcaretreatmentCalifornia