“How I do it” — head and neck: A targeted Problem and its solution: Securing of intermediate duration feeding tubes

Abstract

A method to secure a nasogastric tube for intermediate-duration tube feeding is presented. It is especially appropriate during the postoperative care of a patient with head and neck cancer, when reinsertion of the tube carries the risk of rupture of a suture line. To date, in over 100 patients, we have seen no complications and no premature extubations resulting from the use of this technique.