Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 543-548 , May 2008

Fluoroscopic insertion of post-pyloric feeding tubes: success rates and complications

  • P.D. Thurley
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  • M.A. Hopper
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  • J.C. Jobling

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.C. Jobling, Department of Clinical Radiology, Nottingham City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK. Tel.: +44 0115 969 1169x55803; fax: +44 0115 962 7776.
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  • K. Teahon

Received 16 May 2007 ,Revised 30 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00477-1

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.11.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 543-548 , May 2008

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