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VESICO‐INTESTINAL FISTULÆ 1
Author(s) -
Moisey C. U.,
Williams J. L.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1972.tb10139.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulitis , stage (stratigraphy) , fistula , surgery , paleontology , biology
SUMMARY A series of 68 patients with vesico‐intestinal fistulæ is presented. The commonest causes were diverticulitis (58 per cent), carcinoma of the colon (19 per cent) and Crohn's disease (11 per cent). Those patients fit enough for excisional surgery were treated by a multi‐stage or one‐stage procedure. In vesico‐colic fistula, the multi‐stage procedure is certainly the safer procedure, but in suitable patients a one‐stage operation can be safely performed, provided that the bowel can be adequately prepared.