title: The use of a tracheostomy tube for enteral stomal control.
abstract: We found that the use of a zero-pressure tracheal foam cuff was the ideal way to drain the intestines through a colostomy, reducing skin irritations and mucosal damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and General Intensive Care Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nikolic
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lampl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klasen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weinstabl
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Krenn
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004766:Enterostomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation