Fluoroscopic placement of intestinal tubes.
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%.
D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging