A Sengstaken-Blakemore tube is a tube used in emergency medicine to stop bleeding in your stomach or esophagus. The technique used to place the tube is called balloon tamponade. The ...

Endoscopy is the insertion of a long, thin tube directly into the body to observe an internal organ — such as the gastrointestinal tract — in detail. Doctors can also use it in imaging, surgery, and ...

The SB tube has three ports at one end, each with a different function: esophageal balloon port, which inflates a small balloon in the esophagus gastric aspiration port, which removes fluid and air ...