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Ultrasonography-Guided Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: A Standardized Nursing Protocol
Published on: April 7, 2026
[Gastric foreign body. Rare complication of nasogastric tube placing]
P Rousseau1, C Mulanu, S Aunac
1Service d'anesthésiologie, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 72 avenue de Broqueville, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique. Pasrousseau73@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The use of an uncuffed endotracheal tube for the placement of nasogastric tubes during surgery is not a procedure free of any risk. We report a rare case of gastric foreign body secondary to this procedure. A 67-year-old patient who had underwent a coronary bypass for a three vessels disease two years before complained of postprandial epigastralgia lasting for a few months. The investigations reported a gastric ulcer associated with a tubular gastric foreign body. The endoscopic extraction found an endotracheal tube. It is a common habit in our institution to use this method when placing this tube through a nostril in order to ease the nasogastric tube insertion when it is difficult.
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