Sengstaken–Blakemore tube is a temporary measure: ulceration and rupture of the esophagus and stomach are recognized complications. A related device with a larger gastric balloon capacity (about 500 ml), the Linton–Nachlas tube, is used for bleeding gastric varices. It does not have an esophageal balloon. It is named for Robert William Sengstaken Sr. (1923–1978), an American neurosurgeon, and Arthur Blakemore (1897–1970), an American vascular surgeon. They conceptualized and invented the tube in the early 1950s. Sengstaken–Blakemore tube A Sengstaken–Blakemore tube is a medical device inserted through the nose or mouth and used occasionally in the management of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to
Stomach rumble of but not actually within the stomach). The lack of bowel sounds is indicative of ileus, intestinal obstruction, or some other serious pathology. The scientific name borborygmus is related to the 16th-century French word "borborygme", itself from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός ("borborygmós"). The Greeks probably onomatopoetically coined the word. Other causes of stomach rumbles: The word borborygmic has been used in literature to describe noisy plumbing. In "", Vladimir Nabokov wrote: "All the toilets and waterpipes in the house had been suddenly seized with borborygmic convulsions". In "A Long Way Down" (New York: Harper, 1959, p. 54), Elizabeth