Is routine use of the nasogastric tube justified in upper abdominal surgery?

An Evaluation of Temporary Gastrotomy–A Substitute for Nasogastric Suction

Jack Matthews Farris, Gordon Knight Smith · Annals of Surgery · 1956 · 79 citations · Full text

Medicine, Surgery, Gastroenterology +5

The Pathogenesis of Postoperative Atelectasis

James D. Schlenker · Archives of Surgery · 1973 · 40 citations

Medicine, Microbiology, Surgery +6

Postoperative Decompression by Temporary Gastrostomy or Nasogastric Tube

George N. Grant · Archives of Surgery · 1962 · 39 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +9

Stomach drainage after vagotomy and pyloroplasty

Alex Barnes, John A. Williams · The American Journal of Surgery · 1967 · 29 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +11

A randomized prospective trial comparing three established methods of gastric decompression after vagotomy

D F Miller, J R Mason, Jan McArthur et al. · British journal of surgery · 1972 · 27 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +13