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 ...

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 ...

Enteral feeding is the intake of food when you can’t physically or safely eat regularly. If you have a condition that impairs movement or experienced an injury, enteral feeding may be used to ensure ...

Feeding tubes deliver nutrition, hydration, and medication directly to a person’s stomach or intestines. A healthcare professional will insert it through the nose, mouth, or abdomen. A person may not ...