Alternative method of tractioning the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Mar 20:2017:bcr2016218401. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218401.

Authors

Evelyn Patricia Murphy¹, Sean Michael O'Brien², Mark Regan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland.
² Department of General Surgery, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland.
³ Department of GI/Surgery, Galway University Hospitals Group, Galway, Ireland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Esophageal and Gastric Varices / surgery*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control*
Guidelines as Topic
Hemostatic Techniques / instrumentation*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications*
Tampons, Surgical
Treatment Outcome