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His lung capacity is 33% and he is fed food through a tube at night.
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Many patients opt for less-aggressive surgical approaches, including an adjustable gastric band (which can be reversed) that forms a pouch in the stomach, or a sleeve gastrectomy, in which a portion of the stomach is removed, leaving a tube for food to pass through.
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He has been tube fed since refusing food 12 years ago and has been a patient at Ashworth since 1985.
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And he can chew and swallow his food where before he needed a feeding tube.
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Both boys have, at some stage, been fed through a tube to help maintain their food intake.
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Mr Betchley was being fed by a tube into his stomach and could not take food or liquid orally, the hearing was told.
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The afternoon before the last International Feast, Luda plugged in her food processor, pushed cubes of beef and lamb down the tube, and pressed the button.
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You will swap the tube for the trail on the one-day Food Safari tour, led by foraging pro Nick Saltmarsh, one-time supplier to famous London restaurant Le Gavroche.
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The freedom to consume real food, and to do so by mouth instead of through a tube, is a gift I treasure at each meal, and that I never take for granted.
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The surgery inserted a silicone tube around Mr. Christie's stomach to help him restrict his food consumption.
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