A case of successful embolotherapy for gastric ulcer bleeding from the intercostal artery after oesophagectomy and gastric reconstruction.

Abstract

We report a successful treatment with coil embolisation of an intercostal artery for ulcer bleeding in a gastric tube in a 70-year-old man who underwent a total oesophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction for oesophageal cancer. This case teaches us to search aberrant feeding vessels when active bleeding is suspected in reconstructed gastric tube in the patient with oesophagectomy and oesophagogastrostomy.

• Authors: J-W Kim, J H Shin, G-Y Ko, H G Yoon, H Y Song, K B Sung
• Journal: The British journal of radiology (Br J Radiol) Vol. 79 Issue 945 Pg. e96-8 (Sep 2006) ISSN: 1748-880X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 16940369 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Arteries
• Embolization, Therapeutic (methods)
• Esophageal Neoplasms (surgery)
• Esophagectomy (methods)
• Esophagostomy (methods)
• Gastrostomy (methods)
• Humans
• Male
• Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage (therapy)
• Postoperative Complications (therapy)
• Stomach Ulcer (therapy)
• Surgically-Created Structures