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Gastroesophageal Reflux Due to Nasogastric Tube: Preliminary Report

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Diseases of the Esophagus

Abstract

Nasogastric (NG) intubation is a hospital procedure commonly employed for many indications. It is generally regarded as a harmless procedure; nevertheless, minor and major complications directly related to the use of a NG tube have been reported in the literature [5–7, 9,13,16, 26–28].

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  1. 2nd Surgical Clinic, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    F. S. Correnti, S. Toccaceli, G. Pappalardo, F. Pitasi & G. Castrini

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

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Correnti, F.S., Little, A.G., Toccaceli, S., Pappalardo, G., Pitasi, F., Castrini, G. (1988). Gastroesophageal Reflux Due to Nasogastric Tube: Preliminary Report. In: Siewert, J.R., Hölscher, A.H. (eds) Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86432-2_233

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