Types of g Tubes
The most common type of feeding tube is the gastrostomy (G) tube. G-tubes are placed through the abdominal wall into the stomach. This sounds scarier than it is. The G-tube surgery can be performed in three ways: surgically through small incisions using a laparoscope, surgically using a larger open incision, or endoscopically using a scope into the stomach to create the stoma from the inside ...
Most GJ-tubes have separate ports to access both the stomach (G-port) and the small intestine (J-port), though some tubes, often called Transjejunal (TJ) tubes, only allow access to the small intestine. GJ-tubes are available both as buttons or long tubes.
GJ-tubes are placed in the stomach just like G-tubes, but a thin, long tube is threaded into the jejunal (J) portion of the small intestine. The vast majority of children who get GJ feeding tubes begin with G-tubes; it is rare for a GJ-tube to be placed initially.
In nasogastric (NG) intubation, a thin tube is placed through your nose into your stomach. Learn why this procedure is used and what it involves. Learn why this procedure is used and what it involves.
The choice between nasogastric (NG), nasoduodenal (ND), and nasojejunal (NJ) tubes depends on whether your child can tolerate feeding into the stomach or not. NG-tubes NG-tubes enter the body through the nose and run down the esophagus into the stomach.