“…45, female NGT Removal of NGT, tracheotomy Full recover Apostolakis et al [4] 2001 77, male NGT Removal of NGT, tracheotomy Not recover Apostolakis et al [4] 2001 73, male NGT Removal of NGT, tracheotomy Full recover Leclerc et al [14] 2002 71, female NGT Tracheotomy Not recover (cricoid necrosis) Nehru et al [5] 2003 60, male NGT Removal of NGT, tracheotomy Full recover Sanaka et al [6] 2004 85, male Long intestinal tube Removal of long intestinal tube, tracheotomy Full recover Isozaki et al [7] 2005 73, male NGT None Death Isozaki et al [7] 2005 77, female NGT Removal of NGT Death Isozaki et al [7] 2005 79, female NGT Undescribed Undescribed Isozaki et al [7] 2005 72, female NGT Undescribed Undescribed Marcus et al [9] 2006 72, male NGT Removal of NGT, tracheotomy Full recover Vielva del Campo et al [12] 2010 70, female NGT Removal of NGT, tracheotomy Full recover Ohshima et al [11] 2010 62, female NGT Removal of NGT Full recover Harmon et al [13] 2014 2 mo, male NGT Removal of NGT Full recover Harmon et al [13] 2014 3 mo, female NGT Removal of NGT Full recover Harmon et al [13] should be chosen to reduce the pressure with which the tube presses against the organization. Friedman et al [15] reported that midline tube placement generated severe inflammation in the post-cricoid region more often than lateral tube placement.…”