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“How I do it” — head and neck: A targeted Problem and its solution: Securing of intermediate duration feeding tubes
Author(s) -
McGuirt W. Frederick,
Strout John J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198012000-00016
Subject(s) - gray (unit) , section (typography) , citation , head and neck , computer science , library science , artificial intelligence , medicine , nuclear medicine , surgery , operating system
A method to secure a nasogastric tube for intermediate-duration tube feeding is presented. It is especially appropriate during the postoperative care of a patient with head and neck cancer, when reinsertion of the tube carries the risk of rupture of a suture line. To date, in over 100 patients, we have seen no complications and no premature extubations resulting from the use of this technique.