Is a PEG Tube Post Pyloric? Understanding Gastric vs. Jejunal Feeding
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According to medical consensus, a standard Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube is explicitly pre-pyloric, meaning it is placed into the stomach, not beyond it. The determination of whether a feeding method is post-pyloric depends on the final destination of the tube, a critical factor for patients who cannot tolerate stomach feeding.
