[Usefulness of ultrathin transnasal endoscopy for the placement of nasoenteric feeding tubes].
BACKGROUND
Placement of nasoenteral feeding tubes can require endoscopic support.


OBJECTIVE
To analyze the usefulness of transnasal ultrathin endoscopy in the placement of nasoenteral feeding tubes.


METHODS
We performed an ambispective study of all patients who underwent nasoenteral feeding (4.9 mm) in 2007.


RESULTS
Twenty-six procedures were performed. The mean age of the patients was 69.3+/-13 years. Nasal anesthesia was used in 23 patients (88.4%), and midazolam in 8 (30.8%). No anesthesia was used in 4 patients (15.3%).


METHODS
stenotic esophageal lesions (42.3%), distal placement to the pathological alteration (46.1%), and failure of placement through the normal route (11.5%). We placed 13 (50%) nasoduodenal, 7 (29.6%) nasogastric and 6 (23.1%) nasojejunal tubes. The success rate was 100%. The most frequently used calibre was 12 F. There were no complications.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of transnasal ultrathin endoscopy in the placement of nasoenteral feeding tubes in our patients was safe, effective and relatively easy.
Cerezo Ruiz
Antonio
A
Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. dracerez@gmail.com
Naranjo Rodríguez
Antonio
A
Hervás Molina
Antonio José
AJ
Casais Juanena
Luis
L
García Sánchez
María Valle
MV
Gálvez Calderón
Carmen
C
González Galilea
Angel
A
de Dios Vega
Juan Francisco
JF
D000368:Aged; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies