title: [Usefulness of ultrathin transnasal endoscopy for the placement of nasoenteric feeding tubes].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. dracerez@gmail.com
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerezo Ruiz
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naranjo Rodríguez
authors.forename: Antonio José
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hervás Molina
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casais Juanena
authors.forename: María Valle
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: García Sánchez
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gálvez Calderón
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González Galilea
authors.forename: Juan Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: de Dios Vega
mesh_terms: 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