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To prevent extubation, nasogastric tubes (NGT) were attached to a fine bore polyurethane tube, which loops loosely around the nasal septum. In a prospective study, 124 cases were evaluated for the efficiency and possible complications. On average, a Nasal Septal Loop (NSL) remained 21,2 +/- 1,8 days and a NGT 13,8 +/- 1,1 days. Complications were rare. In 16,9% of the cases NGT had to be replaced after self extubation and in 2.4% extubation occurred more than twice. We think NSL is an easy and useful technique for securing NGT in non-cooperative and/or agitated patients for relatively short term enteral nutrition or gastric decompression.
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