Percutaneous Needle Decompression during Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery: A Simple Alternative to Nasogastric Decompression

Percutaneous Needle Decompression during Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery: A Simple Alternative to Nasogastric Decompression

Laparoscopic gastric surgeries are routinely performed with use of a nasogastric tube to decompress the upper gastrointestinal tract. A distended upper gastrointestinal tract can complicate successful laparoscopic gastric surgery as the distention compromises not only the visual field but also the laparoscopic manipulation of the stomach. Since nasogastric intubation is not without risks, we ha...

Emergency percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum

BACKGROUND Tension pneumoperitoneum as a complication of iatrogenic bowel perforation during endoscopy is a dramatic condition in which intraperitoneal air under pressure causes hemodynamic and ventilatory compromise. Like tension pneumothorax, urgent intervention is required. Immediate surgical decompression though is not always possible due to the limitations of the preclinical management and...

Gastric decompression after abdominal surgery.

Treatment of Malignant Melanoma A. W. Levene, F.R.C.S ................... 545 Central-Core Disease and Malignant Hyperpyrexia D. G. F. Harriman, F.R.C.P., and F. R. Ellis, PH.D., F.F.A. R.C.S. ...................... 545 Cost of Drugs J. D. P. Graham, F.R.C.P.ED.; D. K. Bose, M.R.C.G.P ............................... 546 Sarcoid Heart Disease L. Rossi, M.D ........................... 546 Cutaneo...

Prophylactic Nasogastric Decompression for Routine Gastrectomy.

OBJECTIVE To determine the necessity of using nasogastric tubes for patients with gastrectomy. STUDY DESIGN A non-randomized controlled trial with two arms. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Sichuan Provincial Peoples' Hospital, China, from February 2012 to January 2014. METHODOLOGY One hundred and twenty one patients undergoing gastrectomy were assigned into intubation group and control group ...

Simple thoracostomy. Moving beyong needle decompression in traumatic cardiac arrest.