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Whipple ire surgery: is a feeding tube down the throat usually necessary postop? and, for how long?
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NG tube / feeding : The short answere is yes. Usually you will wake up with a temporary Nasal Gastric tube. It is highly variable on what has transpired during your surgery. But the important thing to focus on is that it is temporary.
Answered 11/27/2017
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