What To Expect From A Feeding Tube Insertion Procedure

Risks Of The Procedure

A feeding tube placement procedure is known to be a safe procedure, but all surgical procedures have risks of complications. Before the procedure, the patient will receive a consent form that outlines all of the possible complications and discuss it with their surgeon. A patient who is known to have adverse reactions to sedation medications and anesthesia is at a higher risk of experiencing complications during a feeding tube insertion procedure. Patients who have a feeding tube insertion procedure may experience pain as a complication. Other possible complications that can occur with a feeding tube insertion procedure include the leakage of stomach contents around the feeding tube at the stoma site, the development of an infection at the stoma site or inside the abdomen, food or fluid aspiration, bleeding from the incision, blockage of the feeding tube, dislodgement of the feeding tube, bleeding from other organs that have become damaged during the procedure, and the development of an infection in other organs that may have been damaged during the procedure.

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