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RUBBER SUMP DRAINAGE OF ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULAE
Author(s) -
STEWART G. RAMSEY,
HURST R.,
HADGIS C.,
LOEWENTHAL JOHN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb05840.x
Subject(s) - sump (aquarium) , medicine , enterocutaneous fistula , drainage , natural rubber , fistula , parenteral nutrition , surgery , waste management , ecology , engineering , composite material , biology , materials science
Effective sump drainage of high enterocutaneous fistulae, together with alimentary rest and total parenteral nutrition, is now an integral part of the modern management of patients with this condition. The low tissue reactivity of the plastic and polymer materials currently used in most drainage tubes appears however, to be counterproductive to the establishment of a discrete fistula track and control of the fistula. A case is made for the use of red rubber sump drains for enterocutaneous fistulae. The greater tissue reactivity of rubber is reviewed and confirmed by animal experimentation. A method of rubber sump drainage of enterocutaneous fistulae developed during the management of 83 such fistulae is described.