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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Endoscopically placed feeding tube that delivers enteral nutrition directly into the stomach through the abdominal wall.

Also: G-tube, PEG

PEG is the standard long-term enteral access for patients who cannot swallow safely (e.g., stroke with dysphagia, head and neck cancer, ALS) but have functional gastric emptying. PEJ extends the tube into the jejunum for patients with gastric outlet obstruction, severe gastroparesis, or high aspiration risk.

How one textbook covers it

  • Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 16th ed. — Chapter 12

    PEG is the standard long-term enteral access for patients who cannot swallow safely (e.g., stroke with dysphagia, head and neck cancer, ALS) but have functional gastric emptying. PEJ extends the tube into the jejunum for patients with gastric outlet obstruction, severe gastroparesis, or high aspiration risk.

Related terms

Dysphagia, Enteral Nutrition, Gastroparesis