caa a22 4500 388086025 CHVBK 20180307125230.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100145347 doi S0022215100145347 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100145347 Nasendoscopically-assisted placement of a nasogastric feeding tube [Elektronische Daten] Nasogastric tube placement is desirable for the short-term administration of calories when oral feeding is not possible. Enteral nutrition is superior to parenteral nutrition. In some patients this method of feeding is impossible because of repeated failure of nasogastric tube placement, necessitating either general anaesthesia for enteral access, or total parenteral nutrition. We describe a new method for nasogastric tube placement aided by a fibre-optic nasendoscope which has resulted in the successful placement of over 20 nasogastric tubes in our unit and the avoidance of more invasive methods of establishing nutrition with their associated complications. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Enteral nutrition nationallicence Intubation, gasterointestinal nationallicence Endoscopy nationallicence Kelly Gerard Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, UK. Lee Patrick Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, UK. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/9(1999-09), 839-840 0022-2151 113:9<839 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100145347 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100145347 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kelly Gerard Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Patrick Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/9(1999-09), 839-840 0022-2151 113:9<839 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge