title: Esophageal perforation and pneumothorax after routine intraoperative orogastric tube placement.
abstract: Orogastric and nasogastric tubes are routinely inserted in anesthetized patients to both reduce the volume of stomach contents and decrease the incidence of postoperative nausea. We present a case of esophageal perforation and subsequent pneumothorax after insertion of an orogastric tube in a patient undergoing routine shoulder arthroscopy.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anesthesia, *U.S. Army Medical Corps, †U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, and ‡U.S. Navy, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany.
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Turabi
authors.forename: Ron J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Urton
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Anton
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowski