[Rupture of the stomach after insertion of a Linton-Nachlas sound (author's transl)]

Rupture of the stomach occurred after insertion of a Linton-Nachlas sound in a 91-year-old patient. Possible mechanisms for the lesion were increased pressure from accumulation of blood in the stomach or the herniation of the balloon of the sound. Recovery was uneventful after intensive care therapy and suture of the wound. The possibility of such an accident should not discredit the use of hemostatic sounds.