noun
gastric fistula; gastrostomy
Medical term for an artificial opening into the stomach, often created for feeding or drainage.
胃ろうを造設して経管栄養を行う。
A gastric fistula is created to provide tube feeding.
胃ろうからの漏れが感染の原因になることがある。
Leakage from the gastrostomy can sometimes cause infection.
From 胃 (stomach) and 瘻 (fistula). The reading ろう for 瘻 is standard in medical compounds.