Introduction:
Critical illness is thought to be a catabolic state which puts critical patients at significant risk of malnutrition. The illnesses in critical patients induce inflammation, which is a significant risk factor for malnutrition1. Evidence-based guidelines suggest that enteral nutrition is superior to parenteral nutrition2. Early enteral feeding in patients in whom there is no contradiction for the same is associated with improved organ survival and recovery and decreased incidence of infections that decreases the ICU stay and improve the overall outcome.3 Enteral feeding can either be delivered to the stomach or distally. The usual methods of gastric feeding are orogastric and nasogastric routes. These enteric feeding methods are also used for decompression of the stomach. These methods are simple and easy in terms of access but are not devoid of complications.
There are few case reports about fractures of feeding tubes. We present a rare case of fracture of an orogastric tube in a patient, admitted to the ICU with the diagnosis of posterior circulation stroke. The distal part of the fractured tube was retrieved in the ICU under vision under a laryngoscope without any complication.