Cervical oesophagostomy and the use of a fine bore tube.
The simple technique of cervical oesophagostomy is presented. For long-term tube alimentation this method has advantages over nasogastric intubation and gastrostomy. Fine bore tubes will eliminate many of the problems associated with conventional tubes. A technical modification for the introduction of fine bore tubes is described.
D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods