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Im getting a button gj tube for my first surgical feeding tube any idea why i don't need a long tube first for the stoma to form?
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Your choice: Many young patients, and those who are body-conscious, choose the less obvious button g-tube than traditional (long tube) peg's. Both are endoscopically placed, ; both essentially work equally well. You have only to express a preference to your performing physician.
Answered 1/25/2014
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