Miller–Abbott tube

A Miller–Abbott tube is a tube used to treat obstructions in the small intestine through intubation.[1] It was developed in 1934 by William Osler Abbott and Thomas Grier Miller. The device is around 3 metres (9.8 ft)[2] long and has a distal balloon at one end. It is made up of two tubes, one for inflating the ballon when in the duodenum and one for the passage of water. While inserted, barium can be passed through them, and this, alongside radiography, can provide diagnostic information regarding a lesion. A mercury-filled bag has been used with these tubes to assist with decompression of an obstructed intestine, although there are recorded cases of these rupturing and sometimes causing mercury poisoning.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Franklin. "A NEW RAPID METHOD OF INTUBATION WITH THE MILLER-ABBOTT TUBE". Journal of the Ameerican Medical Association 125. doi:10.1001/jama.1944.72850290003007a.
  2. ↑ Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!. 2007. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-58255-560-7.
  3. ↑ Bredfeldt, J.E.; Moeller, DD (1978). "Systemic Mercury Intoxication Following Rupture of a Miller-Abbott Tube". American Journal of Gastroenterology 69 (4): 478–80. PMID 685956.
  4. ↑ Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas C. (2002). Radiological imaging of the small intestine. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-540-65520-6.
  5. ↑ Biography The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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