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Insertion of a soft silastic nasogastric tube at operation for esophageal atresia: a new technical method
Y Sweed1, J A Bar-Maor, G Shoshany
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
A new and simple technical method for insertion of a soft silastic nasogastric tube into the stomach in neonates born with esophageal atresia is described. The technique is simple, easy to perform, and enables feeding the baby through this tube a day after the operation. Our method is based on the principle used in insertion of Broviac-Hickman catheters, namely the use of a "peel-away sheath" through which the silastic feeding tube is threaded. We have used this technique in five patients with esophageal atresia without any complication.