Hynh 2009

67 year-old male

Esophagectomy

One

Gastric fistula

Emergent thoracotomy

Hirshoren 2009

77 year-old female

Embolectomy

Multiple

Pharyngeal injury,

infected hematoma

Irrigation and debridement of infected wound

Hegde 2010

60 year-old male

Intensive care unit

Multiple

Bronchial malposition

Pneumonia, death (may not be related to gastric tube)

Khanna 2012

22 year-old male

Gastric pull-up

One

Indeterminate position

No adverse sequel

Lin 2012

47 year-old male

Peptic ulcer repair

Two

Endotracheal tube coiling and constriction

Pulmonary edema

Daliya 2012

32 year-old male

Laparotomy

Not specified

Gastric perforation

Emergent laparotomy

Nanjegowda 2013

45 year-old male

Cholecystectomy

One

Tracheal malposition

Recurrent laryngospasm

Ranier 2013

50 year-old

Anterior/posterior

spinal fusion

One

Fractured tip

Coughed up fractured tip in recovery room

Kerforne 2013

44 year-old female

Gastric bypass

One

Tracheal malposition

Tracheal aspiration of dye

Turabi 2014

39 year-old female

Shoulder surgery

Multiple

Esophageal perforation, pneumothorax

Esophageal stent, chest tube

Ching 2014

78 year-old male

Esophagogastrectomy

One

Unsuccessful attempt

Surgical facilitation to prevent further injury

Govindarajuru 2014

60 year-old male

Cholecystectomy

One

Tracheal malposition

Removed without sequel

Joseph 2014

66 year-old female

Tracheostomy

One

Pulmonary malposition

Ventricular tachycardia, pleural effusion, pneumonia

Isik 2014

70 year-old male

Cholecystectomy

Not specified

Esophageal perforation

Emergency thoracotomy, esophageal repair

Burad 2014

52 year-old female

Aneurysm coiling

Two

Laryngeal injury

Esophagoscopy

Acharya 2014

60 year-old male

Laparotomy

Two

Gastric tube knotting around endotracheal tube

Removed without sequel

Sahu 2015

31 year-old

Cholecystectomy

One

Tracheal malposition

Removed without sequel

Bagharwal 2015

17 year-old female

Gastric pull-up

Multiple

Gastric tube and nasopharyngeal temperature probe entanglement

Nasal bleeding

Kalava 2015

64 year-old male

Mandibular surgery

One

Bronchial malposition

Removed without sequel in recovery room after x-ray revealed misplacement

Garg 2015

35 year-old female

Cholecystectomy

One

Self knotting of gastric tube through supraglottic device

Removed objects en masse without sequel

Raut 2015

70 year-old male

Coronary bypass & graft

One

Bronchial malposition

Removed without sequel in intensive care unit after x-ray revealed misplacement