BACKGROUND: The use of a transnasal fine gastrointestinal fiberscope (TNF-GIF) has been rapidly disseminating in Japan. However, there has been no trial of long tube insertion (LTI) using the TNF-GIF for patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO). PURPOSE: To examine whether TNF-GIF-guided LTI is superior to conventional LTI for patients with clinically diagnosed SBO. METHODS: The time required for LTI was determined prospectively in each group of patients who underwent the conventional method (group 1, n = 10) and the TNF-GIF-guided method (group 2, n = 10) between March 2007 and November 2007. Insertion time was compared between groups 1 and 2. RESULTS:Insertion time in group 2 was significantly shorter than that in group 1 (group 1, 22 +/- 16 min versus group 2, 9.2 +/- 5.4 min; P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Novel TNF-GIF-guided LTI is useful and superior to the conventional method.
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BACKGROUND: The use of a transnasal fine gastrointestinal fiberscope (TNF-GIF) has been rapidly disseminating in Japan. However, there has been no trial of long tube insertion (LTI) using the TNF-GIF for patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO). PURPOSE: To examine whether TNF-GIF-guided LTI is superior to conventional LTI for patients with clinically diagnosed SBO. METHODS: The time required for LTI was determined prospectively in each group of patients who underwent the conventional method (group 1, n = 10) and the TNF-GIF-guided method (group 2, n = 10) between March 2007 and November 2007. Insertion time was compared between groups 1 and 2. RESULTS: Insertion time in group 2 was significantly shorter than that in group 1 (group 1, 22 +/- 16 min versus group 2, 9.2 +/- 5.4 min; P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Novel TNF-GIF-guided LTI is useful and superior to the conventional method.
Authors: Stephan M Wildi; Christoph Gubler; Stephan R Vavricka; Michael Fried; Peter Bauerfeind Journal: Gastrointest Endosc Date: 2007-08 Impact factor: 9.427