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The Feeding Cervical Oesophagostomy in the Management of Head and Neck Cancer
Author(s) -
Hartwell Shattuck W.,
Cole Owen R.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb05597.x
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , gastrostomy , head and neck , intubation , surgery , complication , cervical cancer , cancer , radiation therapy
The use of a feeding cervical Osophagostomy in 51 patients with cancer of the head and neck has been without complication. The procedure is easy to perform and preferable to transabdominal gastrostomy and nasogastric intubation for long‐term gavage feeding.