[Brian Kopp DPM]

True.

I’m just a Podiatrist, but when I was a resident on my General Surgery rotation, I did numerous peg tube placements with the general surgeon on the other side of the short procedure unit table (its so simple they don’t even use the OR to do them). It is an incredibly simple minimally invasive procedure. Its not rocket science.

[wagglebee]

I remember researching them in depth when Terri Schiavo was being murdered. It is a very basic procedure, a patient can be sent home (a nurse will need to see them regularly) and, in terms of many medical costs, they are fairly inexpensive even over extended periods of time.

Feeding tubes snake through medical history

Tubefeeding - a Brief History