A simple aid in advancing Dobbhoff tubes.
Using an angiographic guide wire, we found that the flexibility of the Dobbhoff tube could be overcome and, thus, manipulated under fluoroscopic control into the duodenum.
D004386:Duodenum; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000295:instrumentation*