This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
A randomized, clinical trial of frozen versus standard nasogastric tube placement. World J Surg 2009; 33: 1789-1792.
Published: 1st January 2009
Authors: Chun DH, Kim NY, Shin YS, Kim SH.
Conclusion
One hundred patients were included in the study. Filling the nasogastric tube with distilled water and then freezing it before insertion significantly improved the rate of successful placement: 88 vs. 58 per cent, P=0.001.
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