Trial reportWorld journal of gastroenterology2012
A prospective randomized trial of transnasal ileus tube vs nasogastric tube for adhesive small bowel obstruction.
Trial report in World journal of gastroenterology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Do nasogastric or nasoenteric tubes improve outcomes from adhesional small bowel obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Nasointestinal tubes versus nasogastric tubes in the management of small-bowel obstruction: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- The first management using intubation of a nasogastric tube with Gastrografin enterography or long tube for non-strangulated acute small bowel obstruction: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.Journal of gastroenterology · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of self-abdominal massage on gastrointestinal function in postoperative ileus: a randomised controlled trial protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Safety and Efficacy of Nasogastric Tube Placement Prior to Long Tube Placement for the Conservative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Analysis.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2026Article
- Advancements in the clinical management of adhesive small bowel obstruction: A perspective.Medicine · 2025Review
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic duct drainage for decompression in management of afferent loop obstruction caused by anastomotic ulcer following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a case description.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- A novel approach of manual manipulation of the transnasal ileus tube for severe or recurrent benign adhesive small bowel obstruction.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
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- Machine Learning Predicts the Need for Surgical Intervention in Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2024Article
- Percutaneous Image-Guided Transesophageal Long Intestinal Tube Placement for Palliative Decompression in Advanced Cancer Patients with Unresectable Malignant Small Bowel Obstruction.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2023Article
- Radiation dose and factors related to exceeding the diagnostic reference level in 496 transnasal ileus tube placement procedures from the REX-GI study.The British journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Application of the intestine diversion tube with a double-balloon without ileostomy in low rectal cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
- Case report: Rupture of an ileus tube in a patient with recurrent rectal cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Strategy to small intestine obstruction caused by Crohn's disease on the basis of transnasal ileus tube insertion.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Evaluation of laparoscopic surgery for small bowel obstruction and factors related to outcomes.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
- Clinical characteristics of nasointestinal ileus tube-induced intussusception: three case reports and a literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Short-Term Clinical Outcomes after Using Novel Deeper Intubation Technique (DIT) of Ileus Tube for Acute Bowel Obstruction Patients.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2020Article
- Clinical Analysis of the Curative Effect of a Transnasal Ileus Tube in the Treatment of Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by a Phytobezoar.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2020Article
- Prospective evaluation of intestinal decompression in treatment of acute bowel obstruction from Crohn's disease.Gastroenterology report · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimTo study the therapeutic efficacy of a new transnasal ileus tube advanced endoscopically for adhesive small bowel obstruction.
methodsA total of 186 patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction treated from September 2007 to February 2011 were enrolled into this prospective randomized controlled study. The endoscopically advanced new ileus tube was used for gastrointestinal decompression in 96 patients and ordinary nasogastric tube (NGT) was used in 90 patients. The therapeutic efficacy was compared between the two groups.
resultsCompared with the NGT group, the ileus tube group experienced significantly shorter time for relief of clinical symptoms and improvement in the findings of abdominal radiograph (4.1 ± 2.3 d vs 8.5 ± 5.0 d) and laboratory tests (P < 0.01). The overall effectiveness rate was up to 89.6% in the ileus tube group and 46.7% in the NGT group (P < 0.01). And 10.4% of the patients in the ileus tube group and 53.3% of the NGT group underwent surgery. For recurrent adhesive bowel obstruction, ileus tube was also significantly more effective than NGT (95.8% vs 31.6%). In the ileus tube group, the drainage output on the first day and the length of hospital stay were significantly different depending on the treatment success or failure (P < 0.05). The abdominal radiographic improvement was correlated with whether or not the patient underwent surgery.
conclusionIleus tube can be used for adhesive small bowel obstruction. Endoscopic placement of the ileus tube is convenient and worthy to be promoted despite the potential risks.
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