Fig. 1

The 130-cm-long transpyloric tube with a guide wire (CH10-130, inner diameter 2.0–2.1 mm, Flocare, Nutricia Ltd., Wuxi, China) used in our unit (a). This Flocare tube has two side holes near its tip (b). Abdominal plain radiograph showed the tip of Flocare tube was positioned near the Treitz ligament (c)