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Intestinal fistula following pelvic exenterative surgery: Predisposing causes and treatment
Author(s) -
Devereux Dennis F.,
Sears Henry F.,
Ketcham Alfred S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930140307
Subject(s) - medicine , fistula , complication , surgery , radiation therapy
An intestinal fistula is a life‐threatening complication when associated with the treatment of pelvic cancer. Such fistulae arise in 10% of patients treated by the combination of aggressive surgery and radiation therapy. Nineteen such occurrences developing in 245 patients who had pelvic exenterations are used to demonstrate the need for directing immediate attention toward correcting the physiologic and metabolic abnormalities created by the fistulae. Local control of the fistulae is facilitated by techniques for identifying its cause and precise location.