Feeding Tube
Nasogastric Feeding Tube · NG Feeding Tube · Nasal Feeding Tube · Enteral Feeding Tube
A long, thin, soft tube marked in centimeters along its length, with a connector hub and capped ports at the outer end. Nasal tubes are passed through the nose into the stomach.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Gives the patient nutrition when they cannot eat by mouth after major head and neck surgery, such as a free flap reconstruction of the mouth or throat. After a mandibulotomy and tumor resectionrih-SEK-shunSurgery to remove part of an organ or tissue.re- back, againsect to cut-ion processFull entry , a nasal enteral feeding tubeEN-ter-ul FEE-ding toobA tube placed into the stomach or small intestine to give liquid food, water and drugs to a person who cannot eat enough by mouth.Full entry is placed and secured with 2-0 silk through the nasal septumNAY-zul SEP-tumThe wall of cartilage and bone that divides the inside of the nose into right and left sides.nas/o nosesept/o dividing wallFull entry .
Lengths and variants
Nasal (nasogastric) tubes and gastrostomy tubegas-TROS-tuh-mee toobA feeding tube placed through the belly wall directly into the stomach.gastr/o stomach-stomy surgical openingFull entry placed through the abdominal wall.
What experienced techs know
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2 sources
- Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 26 (Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx), p. 705
- Cummings. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 4th ed. Vol 1, Part One (General Considerations in Head and Neck), p. 198
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