Nasojejunal tube in the treatment of enterocutaneous fistula: A blessing in disguise

We present a patient who developed a jejunocutaneous fistula following jejunal resection, in whom a nasojejunal tube was placed with the tip distal to the fistula. Although the primary purpose of placing the tube was for feeding, the output from the fistula that was averaging 600 ml/day, stopped com...

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Main Authors: Jacob Jayakar Raju Mandapati, Thomas Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jcrsmed.org/article.asp?issn=2455-3069;year=2018;volume=4;issue=1;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=Raju