PEG feeding involves placing a feeding tube directly into the stomach through a small abdominal wall incision. It is an effective way to provide enteral nutrition to patients who cannot eat adequately for more than 4-6 weeks but have a healthy gastrointestinal tract. Potential benefits include preventing weight loss, correcting nutritional deficiencies, and improving quality of life. Complications can include the buried bumper syndrome, where the internal bumper migrates along the PEG tract, potentially causing pain or leakage. Serious complications like peritonitis or gastric outlet obstruction require emergency admission if they cause acute or chronic abdominal pain. The PEG procedure takes around 15-20 minutes under sedation and involves inserting an endoscope and guidewire through the abdominal wall and stomach

1. Prepared by: Dr.Mohammad Shekhani. CABM-FRCP