[Application of gastric tube interposition by touching laryngeal prominence in postoperative oral cancer patients].
OBJECTIVE
This study explores the application of gastric tube interposition by touching laryngeal prominence in postoperative oral cancer patients.


METHODS
This trial includes 66 patients treated in the West China Hospital of Stomatology from August 2014 to December 2014. These patients were randomly divided into two groups: the test group included 33 patients who underwent gastric tube interposition by touching laryngeal prominence; the 33 other patients, who served as control group, underwent regular gastric tube interposition. The two groups were compared in terms of the occurrence rate of bucking, success rate of one-time gastric tube placement, and interposition time.


RESULTS
Compared with those in the control group, the occurrence rate of bucking and the interposition time in the test group decreased while the success rate of one-time gastric tube placement increased (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Gastric tube interposition by touching laryngeal prominence can improve the success rate of one-time gastric tube interposition; moreover, it can reduce the average interposition time and the pain experienced by patients.
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Dept. of Head and Neck Oncology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Guo
G
Huan
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Dept. of Head and Neck Oncology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Bi
B
Xiaoqin
D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013270:Stomach
gastric tube interposition; oral cancer; touching laryngeal prominence