Orogastric Versus Nasogastric Intubation

Patient was placed in Fowler position (45º) and intraoral infiltrative anesthesia was carried out with Lidocaine 2% (without vasoconstrictor) at gingival papilla in the vestibular-palatine direction. A polyurethane enteral tube (Medicone®, Cachoeirinha - Brazil) was inserted through the mouth and passed into de stomach, followed by fixation of the tube tip to a superior molar or premolar, in its palatine surface. For dental amarry it waas used a suture wire in stainless steel size 1.0

After nostril anesthesia with xylocaine gel, a polyurethane enteral tube was inserted through the nose and its tip was positioned in the gastric lumen, according to the nose-ear-xiphoid method. The tube was attached to the face using antiallergic adhesive tape.