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Jejunostomy tubes

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Jejunostomy tubes are fine bore catheters which are placed surgically or at endoscopy.

The advantages of a jejunostomy tube are:

  • feeding can be early after surgery because the small bowel function returns as early as 12 hours post operatively
  • they can bypass any upper gastrointestinal tract pathology

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