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Published on: January 11, 2011
Early detection of incorrect siting of Procter-Livingstone tube by fibre-optic endoscopy
1Department of Surgery, Umtata General Hospital, Transkei.
Abstract:
Forty patients undergoing intubation with a Procter-Livingstone tube for oesophageal neoplasm were checked by gastroscope for correctness of placement. An end-viewing fibre-optic scope was passed through the rigid oesophagoscope, through the Procter-Livingstone tube and onwards into whatever structure lay beyond. Oesophageal perforation occurred in 6 patients and immediate salvage operations resulted in 4 surviving. Reduced hospital mortality and educational feedback for the operator were the major advantages.
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