Peroral endoscopy and laryngeal surgery . is clear that nutrition is going tosuffer. It is, of course, much more satisfactory to tiie patient to swallowhis food even though it be liquid, than to have it poured in through theabdominal wall. Esophageal intubation has been very satisfactory inthe atithors hands. All forms of clear liquids will go through esoph-ageal intubation tubes of 4 mm. internal diameter, and raw or veryslightly cooked eggs can, with care, be swallf)weil witli much satisfac-tion by the patient whose esophagus is thus intubated. In fact, any finelymasticated food will go thro
Peroral endoscopy and laryngeal surgery . is clear that nutrition is going tosuffer. It is, of course, much more satisfactory to tiie patient to swallowhis food even though it be liquid, than to have it poured in through theabdominal wall. Esophageal intubation has been very satisfactory inthe atithors hands. All forms of clear liquids will go through esoph-ageal intubation tubes of 4 mm. internal diameter, and raw or veryslightly cooked eggs can, with care, be swallf)weil witli much satisfac-tion by the patient whose esophagus is thus intubated. In fact, any finelymasticated food will go through, though occasionally imperfectlv mas-ticated particles may lodge in the smallest tubes. The author has hadthese tubes worn for quite a number of months without exciting ulcera-tion, though, of course, cancerous ulceration was already present in someinstances. The tubes should be removed every week or two for clean-ing. It is essential to have a duplicate tube fi)r immediate replacement riisTA^i CI iin I scirii 451.
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