This video demonstrates the technique for the removal and replacement of a balloon gastrostomy tube. The indications, contraindications, and potential complications are also reviewed.

Feeding Tube Replacement Is Fast and Simple. by Peggy Peck, Senior Editor, MedPage Today March 23, 2005 Share on Facebook. Opens in ... PEG placement is considered a safe procedure, ...

Starting tube feedings 4 hours post-PEG placement is safe, well-tolerated and reduces costs by decreasing hospital length of stay, as shown by multiple randomized trials done in the 1990s.