Is routine use of the nasogastric tube justified in upper abdominal surgery?

An Evaluation of Temporary Gastrotomy–A Substitute for Nasogastric Suction

1956 • 78 citations

Postoperative Decompression by Temporary Gastrostomy or Nasogastric Tube

1962 • 38 citations

The Pathogenesis of Postoperative Atelectasis

1973 • 34 citations

Stomach drainage after vagotomy and pyloroplasty

1967 • 28 citations

A randomized prospective trial comparing three established methods of gastric decompression after vagotomy

1972 • 26 citations

Tubeless Gastric Surgery

1962 • 26 citations

The pathogenesis of postoperative atelectasis.

1946 • 18 citations

Postoperative pulmonary complications — a prospective study in the tropics

1974 • 6 citations

Treatment of Post-operative Pulmonary Atelectasis

1947 • 1 citations

The treatment of postoperative pulmonary atelectasis.

1948 • 1 citations