When the routine gets complicated: Gastric and splenic perforation by a nasogastric tube

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2021 Sep;113(9):686. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.7880/2021.

Abstract

Every invasive procedure carries some kind of risk, however rutine it may be. We present a case of a male patient which suffers a gastric and splenic perforation by a nasogastric tube, solved by means of surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Intubation, Gastrointestinal* / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Spleen / diagnostic imaging
  • Spleen / surgery
  • Stomach* / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach* / surgery