Accidental Placement of Nasogastric Tube into the Brain: Case Report and Review of the Literature

The nasogastric tube (NGT) plays a very vital role in the early resuscitation of head injury patients for various reasons. Though considered a simple procedure, it can be associated with multiple dreadful complications. Our patient was a 44-year-old male, referred from a peripheral health center for...

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Main Authors: Khursheed Ansari, Rafique Umer Harvitkar, Saiprasad Shetty, Tushar P. Raut, Shabnam Qureshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-09-01
Series:International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1716802