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Nasogastric tube in anterior cervical spine surgery, is it necessary?

BACKGROUND: The aim of this article was to verify the utility of nasogastric (NG) tube in primary anterior cervical surgeries. Palpating and identifying the NG tube introduced during induction is one of the ways of preventing esophageal injuries during surgery. It may also be used as a conduit for p...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Arvind Gopalrao, Kunder, Tushar Satish, Khandge, Ashwinkumar V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32089611
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_83_19