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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2014; 20(4): 1119-1122
Published online Jan 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i4.1119
Published online Jan 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i4.1119
Endoscopic transgastric drainage of a gastric wall abscess after endoscopic submucosal dissection
Osamu Dohi, Moyu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yasuyuki Gen, Masayasu Jo, Kazuhiko Tokita, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 629-2261, Japan
Author contributions: Dohi O wrote the manuscript; Dohi M, Inoue K, Gen Y, Jo M and Tokita K were also involved in editing the critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.
Correspondence to: Osamu Dohi, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 481 Otokoyama Yosano-Cho, Yosa-gun, Kyoto 629-2261, Japan. osamu-d@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
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Received: April 23, 2013
Revised: July 31, 2013
Accepted: August 16, 2013
Published online: January 28, 2014
Revised: July 31, 2013
Accepted: August 16, 2013
Published online: January 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: In this report, we describe for the first time a case in which a gastric wall abscess caused by delayed perforation after endoscopic submucosal dissection was conservatively treated with endoscopic drainage via the gastric lumen and antibiotics.