percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

A surgical procedure that uses an endoscope a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and lens) to help guide doctors during gastrostomy (a surgical procedure to create an opening into the stomach through the abdominal wall).

Doctors use an endoscope to create a stoma (artificial opening) through the abdominal wall into the stomach and place a feeding tube (gastrostomy tube).