Blakemore

First Blakemore attempt, couldn't get past the GE junction. I'd actually been researching this a bunch lately and tried all the tricks that I can think of. Lubed everything up really well, tried MacGills, tried using a bougie through the gastric side port for some rigidity. I advanced it up to 50 cm mark but the tip was still just above the diaphragm. GI wasn't able to advance it any further though. Any other thoughts? Feels bad man.
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