[Gastric foreign body. Rare complication of nasogastric tube placing].
The use of an uncuffed endotracheal tube for the placement of nasogastric tubes during surgery is not a procedure free of any risk. We report a rare case of gastric foreign body secondary to this procedure. A 67-year-old patient who had underwent a coronary bypass for a three vessels disease two years before complained of postprandial epigastralgia lasting for a few months. The investigations reported a gastric ulcer associated with a tubular gastric foreign body. The endoscopic extraction found an endotracheal tube. It is a common habit in our institution to use this method when placing this tube through a nostril in order to ease the nasogastric tube insertion when it is difficult.
Rousseau
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Service d'anesthésiologie, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 72 avenue de Broqueville, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique. Pasrousseau73@hotmail.com
Mulanu
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Aunac
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D000368:Aged; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000209:etiology