Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Fifteen patients with rectovaginal fistula, after colorectal resection for cancer, were treated with endoscopic placement of a self-expandable metal stent. In four patients, a diverting proximal stoma had been performed elsewhere. Mean age was 58 years. All patients had preoperative radiotherapy. In ten patients, the stent was placed as initial form of treatment. Four patients were referred after multiple failed operations. The control group consisted of ten patients who had rectovaginal fistula and underwent proximal diverting ileostomy and percutaneous drainage of the surrounding abscess
RESULTS: One patient was not able to tolerate the stent, which was removed. At a mean follow-up of 22 months, the rectovaginal fistula healed in 12 patients. In the remaining two patients, the fistula has reduced significantly in size to allow a successful flap transposition. The fistula healed only in five out of the ten patients who had only a proximal ileostomy. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Antonietta Lamazza, Enrico Fiori, Antonio V Sterpetti, Alberto Schillaci, Alessandro De Cesare, Emanuele Lezoche |
Journal | Surgical endoscopy
(Surg Endosc)
Vol. 30
Issue 2
Pg. 797-801
(Feb 2016)
ISSN: 1432-2218 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 26017913
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Colectomy
- Colorectal Neoplasms
(surgery)
- Endoscopy
- Female
- Humans
- Ileostomy
(methods)
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
(surgery)
- Prospective Studies
- Rectovaginal Fistula
(surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
- Self Expandable Metallic Stents
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