Introduction: Esophageal reconstruction is a major surgery using a digestive graft. The nutritional support impacts directly outcomes of patients. The enteral route is the preferred one for instituting postoperative nutrition. Most complications was related to the methods of tube-jejunostomy. The purpose of this retrospective study to examine the complications associated with EN using a Witzel-...

CP is the most frequent cause of disability in childhood. The clinical state of these children is determined by motoric, cognitive and perceptive disorders, subject to a stable lesion overtime. Regarding energy requirements, CP children have specific needs, due to clinical variability and therapy requirements [1]. The capacity to reach a sufficient suitable oral ingestion is priority. The probl...

Background Temporary or long-term nutritional support through gastrojejunal (GJ) feeding tubes is a safe and common means of enteral feeding in adults and children. It is indicated in patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastric outlet obstruction, or severe gastric dysfunction or gastroparesis. Several techniques for GJ feeding tube placement have been reported. The most techn...

A new percutaneous insertion technique for esophageal feeding tubes in cats is presented. The technique has been successfully applied in 12 feline patients. The placement technique is relatively simple, takes approximately five minutes to perform, and requires a scalpel blade, a curved hemostat, and an applicator for the insertion of the feeding tube. In contrast to other esophageal tube placem...

These two cases illustrate eight instances of aspiration of fine bore enteral feed. On three occasions the tube remained correctly placed and on five occasions the tube was noted to be in the oropharynx. Fine bore enteral feeding is popular in intensive care units because ofthe high patient acceptability and ease ofmanagement in conjunction with continuous feeding pumps. Severely ill patients, ...

Determination of the optimum loading path (internal pressure- axial feeding) to restrict the Bursting, buckling and wrinkling through tube hydroforming process is necessary to produce an acceptable tube. In this paper, the wrinkling and fracture criteria are implemented to an finite element code devoted to the simulation of tube hydroforming processes. Using the ANSYS parametric design language...

BACKGROUND This study explores variables associated with poor prognosis in postoperative p16 positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Specifically, analysis was done related to timing of feeding tube insertion relative to radiotherapy. METHODS From 1997-2009, of 376 consecutive patients with OPSCC, 220 received adju...

BACKGROUND Many patients have a nasogastric feeding tube inserted during admission; however, misplacement is not uncommon. In this case report we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first documented fatality from pressure pneumothorax following nasogastric tube withdrawal. CASE PRESENTATION An 84-year-old Caucasian woman with dysphagia and at risk of aspiration underwent routine insert...

Health care professionals assume that tube feeding is an unpleasant, distressing experience for patients, which is only partially substantiated by experience. Thirty patients were interviewed via a tube feeding and hospital experience checklist (a 47-item interview schedule). Common experiences were operationally defined as those felt by at least 50%; subjectively distressful experiences were t...