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What is a gastrostomy (GT)?

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What is a gastrostomy (GT)?

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Usually a surgeon makes an opening through the skin, abdominal wall and stomach wall, then puts into the opening a tube, or a small porthole-like device that has an opening at skin level (gastrostomy button or GB). Gastrostomy is the name of the opening into the stomach through the abdomen.

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