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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 9/2009

01-09-2009 | Invited Commentary

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Frozen vs. Standard Nasogastric Tube Placement

Author: Doron Kopelman

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 9/2009

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All of us, surgeons, must have witnessed the scene of an anesthesiologist standing over the head of the sleeping patient with both hands, or at least six blood-stained fingers, deep in the patient’s widely opened mouth, trying to guide the insubordinate nasogastric tube (NGT) down to its correct position. At the beginning of the 21st century, abundant with minimally invasive, image-guided, robotic technologies, this low-tech maneuver—how to insert NGT—may appear to be insignificant, but it is crucial. …
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Metadata
Title
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Frozen vs. Standard Nasogastric Tube Placement
Author
Doron Kopelman
Publication date
01-09-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 9/2009
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-009-0132-1

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