OG shortage?

[fakin' the funk]

No idea what an open Hassan is. Is that the large trocar they place near the umbilicus after dissecting?

For my own knowledge, how often is it reported to hit the stomach with the vares needle, they always seem to go in the lower abdomen from my experience.I thought the concern with the stomach was mostly just for exposure during the case.

My read: you don't know what you're talking about, do you?

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[fakin' the funk]

I think it's post op use to avoid gastric tube and that intraop is ok

Correct.

 

[fakin' the funk]

Since when does and OGT guarantee an empty stomach anyway?

It does when you can confirm the gastric volume laparoscopically.

 

[facted]

AFAIK, OGT are standard of care for laparoscopic cases. Otherwise, if the surgeon gets into a stomach vessel with one of the ports, he can argue that it was the anesthesiologist's fault.

This is just not true. I've done hundreds of lap cases at least, I don't put one in unless asked. Never had an issue, and I'm rarely asked to put one in.