Fluoroscopic Placement of Intestinal Tubes

Fred C. Shipps, Clinton B. Sayler, James Egan, Gerald S. Green, Carol J. Weinstein, James M. Jones

Radiology · 1979 · 12 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The authors have attempted to place fluoroscopically approximately 400 nasointestinal tubes in 7 years. The tube was guided into the jejunum in 39% of patients, into the third portion of the duodenum in 57%, and into the second portion in 76%.