Nasal Alar Cleft Deformity: A Rare Complication Of Nasogastric Tube

10.5580/2bb6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muzna Iftikhar ◽  
Shahbaz Bakhat Kayani ◽  
Atiq Ur Rehman

Nasogastric intubation is a frequent practice in clinical care used for administering enteral feed, gastric decompression, and lavage. The knotting of a nasogastric tube is a rare complication with only a few incidences of narrow bore nasogastric tube knotting and even fewer wide-bore tubes reported [1-4]. Unrecognized knotting of the nasogastric tube with inadvertent removal may cause catastrophic consequences like epistaxis, respiratory distress’ severe laryngeal injury, and tracheoesophageal fistula [5-7]. Tubes have been found to be kinked and less commonly knotted. Cases of knotting have previously been identified during insertion or blockage of the tubes post-insertion. Ours is a case of nasogastric tube knotting identified in a young patient with a working tube that knotted over itself during removal.


2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 102786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Walldorf ◽  
Patrick Michl ◽  
Sebastian Krug

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 690-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
C-W. Yang ◽  
H-H. Yen ◽  
W-W. Su ◽  
M-S. Soon

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1096-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad El-Din Mahmoud Hanafy ◽  
Samuel D. Ashebu ◽  
Niran Al Naqeeb ◽  
Harini Bopaya Nanda

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 680-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuo Tashiro ◽  
Kosaku Matsuda ◽  
Ryosuke Ueda

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Gheshlaghi Farzad ◽  
Nastaran Eizadi ◽  
Shayan Gheshlaghi

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-180
Author(s):  
Thomas Gerard Cotter ◽  
Matthew William Stier ◽  
Vijaya Lakshmi Rao

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (sep28 1) ◽  
pp. bcr0820114606-bcr0820114606 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lyske

Author(s):  
Suvidha Sood ◽  
Yeesha Aggarwal ◽  
Anoj Kumar

AbstractWe report a case of successful management of a rare incidence and avoidance of complication of Ryle’s tube knotting around endotracheal tube. A vigilant anesthesia team prevented fatal complications of intraoperative accidental extubation and ventilation impairment which could have resulted into respiratory distress.


2021 ◽  
pp. 20210049
Author(s):  
Hiba Eldigair ◽  
Ruhaid Khurram ◽  
Jose Bennell ◽  
Naheed Mir

A nasogastric tube is commonly used as a method of enteral feeding or gastric decompression in clinical practice and its insertion is occasionally associated with local complications. In this case report, we present an extremely rare complication of a comminuted nasogastric tube fracture in a 54-year-old male patient receiving enteral feeding in hospital secondary to a diagnosis of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document