Transarterial Embolization of Massive Gastric Ulcer Bleeding in Gastrostomy Patients Caused by a Balloon Replacement Tube: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2007.56.2.137
- Author:
Byong Jong YOUN
1
;
Jin HUR
;
Kwang Hun LEE
;
Jong Yun WON
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. khuhz@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gastrostomy;
Stomach, ulcer;
Embolization
- MeSH:
Aged;
Female;
Gastrostomy*;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Stomach Ulcer*;
Ulcer
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2007;56(2):137-139
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We present the case of a 77-year-old woman with massive gastric ulcer bleeding caused by a balloon replacement tube that required emergent transcatheter left gastric arterial embolization to stop the ulcer bleeding.
