Abstract
Nasogastric tubes (NGTs) are important for feeding, stenting and decompression after gastrointestinal surgeries, particularly in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Resistance in the removal of a NGT is a rare surgical complication and may be due to a knot in the tube or a stitch anchoring the tube to an anastomosis. We report a 41-year-old male patient who was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2015 with stomach cancer. He underwent a radical total gastrectomy with a Roux-en-Y oesophagojejunostomy. One week after the surgery, removal of the NGT was attempted; however, this was very difficult and the proximal end of the tube was cut off as a temporary measure. Six weeks later, an upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy revealed that the distal end of the NGT had been accidentally stitched to the Roux-en-Y oesophagojejunostomy. The stitch was removed and the rest of the NGT was successfully extracted using a snare.
Publication Date
4-4-2018
First Page
e110
Last Page
111
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Recommended Citation
Azzam, Ayman Z.; Riyadh, Department of Surgical Oncology, Oncology Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center,; Azzam, Kareem A.; and Amin, Tarek
(2018)
"Removal of Nasogastric Tube Accidentally Stitched to Roux-en-Y Oesophagojejunostomy Following a Radical Gastrectomy for Stomach Cancer: Case report and review of the literature,"
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 18: e110-111.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.01.020
