MODERNIZED SENGSTAKEN – BLAKEMORE TUBE-OBTURATOR: AN EXPERIENCE OF ITS APPLICATION

Keywords: bleeding from varicose dilated esophagus veins, tube-obturator, compression hemostasis
Abstarct: Sengstaken – Blakemore tube-obturator which is widely used for compression hemostasis in bleeding from varicose dilated esophagus veins has some disadvantages. It is modernized: overall size and cross-sectional area are diminished. Statistically trustworthy decrease of the duration of the conducting the probe through nasal passages in patients is proved. The manifestation of painful sensations in patients is not achieved. Thus the modernization of Sengstaken-Blakemore tube-obturator resulted in the simplification of the procedure of its setting in the patient organism.

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of the Ivanovo Medical Academy^{ISSN 1606-8157}