Evaluation of a new method for placing nasojejunal feeding tubes

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient characteristics	Fluoroscopic placement	Endoscopic placement	Guide wire placement
Age (yr), mean ± SD	54.4 ± 9.9	55.8 ± 9.7	56.2 ± 9.5
Gender
Men	15	14	16
Women	10	13	13
Primary diagnoses
Pancreatitis	25	14	8
Postoperative gastric cancer	0	6	10
Postoperative esophageal cancer	0	4	6
Abdominal injury	0	1	2
Pancreatic cancer after Whipple surgery	0	1	1
Thoracic esophageal fistula	0	1	1
Gastric perforation	0	0	1

Table 2 Outcome data of the patients

Variables	Fluoroscopic placement	Endoscopic placement	Guide wire placement
			Transnasal	Transoral
Time to complete procedure (min)	14.9 ± 5.8	14.8 ± 4.9	11.1 ± 2.2a	14.7 ± 1.2
Successful placement	23/25 (92)	26/27 (96.3)	23/23 (100)	6/6 (100)
Complications	0/25 (0)	4/27 (14.8)	0/23 (0)	0/6 (0)

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n/N (%).

^aP < 0.05 vs the other three groups.