Iatrogenic rupture of the left gastric artery during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
Gastric arterial rupture is a rare but serious and potentially fatal complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). We report a case in which insertion of a needle during PEG caused iatrogenic rupture of the left gastric artery.
Bunai
Yasuo
Y
Department of Legal Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. bunaiy@gifu-u.ac.jp
Akaza
Kayoko
K
Nagai
Atsushi
A
Tsujinaka
Masatake
M
Jiang
Wei-Xiong
WX
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D012421:Rupture; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology