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Intraoperative wide bore nasogastric tube knotting: A rare incidence
Sangeeta Lamba1, Surendra K Sethi1, Arvind Khare1
1Department of Anaesthesiology, JLN Medical College and Hospital, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Abstract:
Nasogastric tubes are commonly used in anesthetic practice for gastric decompression in surgical patients intraoperatively. The indications for its use are associated with a number of potential complications. Knotting of small-bore nasogastric tubes is usually common both during insertion and removal as compared to wide bore nasogastric tubes. Knotting of wide bore nasogastric tube is a rare complication and if occurs usually seen in long standing cases. We hereby report a case of incidental knotting of wide bore nasogastric tube that occurred intraoperatively.
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