Nearly 450,000 Americans with swallowing or digestive problems manage tube feedings -- also called home enteral nutrition -- on their own. Some have temporary feeding tubes, while others leave the ...

What Is a Feeding Tube? A feeding tube is a flexible plastic tube placed into your stomach or bowel to help you get nutrition when you’re unable to eat as well as you need to. Tube feeding, also known ...

A feeding tube is a device that’s inserted into your stomach through your abdomen. It’s used to supply nutrition when you have trouble eating. Feeding tube insertion is also called percutaneous ...

Esophagostomy feeding tubes may be used to provide nutrition to animals with insufficient calorie intake. This column describes tube placement and use in the feline patient. Esophagostomy tubes ...

Enteral feeding, also called tube feeding, is a method of feeding that provides nutrition and calories when a person can’t chew or swallow. This generally involves providing nutrition through a tube ...