Fecal recto-cutaneous fistula as a complication of low anterior resection and radiation
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Abstract
Faecal fistula is an abnormal passage which communicates with anus, bladder or vagina. Fistulas are usually caused by inflammatory diseases, surgery or radiation therapy. We present a patient with rare manifestation of faecal fistula with fluctuation above left knee and with sepsis. His past medical history includes anal cancer surgical management of and adjuvant radiation therapy 5 years prior the admittance. He was unsuccessfully treated in other hospital. After subcutaneous and intramuscular drainage and after conversion from loop- into end colostomy fistulae lost their communication. The patient has fully recovered.
Abstract
Faecal fistula is an abnormal passage which communicates with anus, bladder or vagina. Fistulas are usually caused by inflammatory diseases, surgery or radiation therapy. We present a patient with rare manifestation of faecal fistula with fluctuation above left knee and with sepsis. His past medical history includes anal cancer surgical management of and adjuvant radiation therapy 5 years prior the admittance. He was unsuccessfully treated in other hospital. After subcutaneous and intramuscular drainage and after conversion from loop- into end colostomy fistulae lost their communication. The patient has fully recovered.
Keywords
recto-cutaneous fistula, anterior resection, radiation
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Fecal recto-cutaneous fistula as a complication of low anterior resection and radiation
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Chirurgia Polska (Polish Surgery)
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36-40
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Chirurgia Polska 2017;19(1-2):36-40.
Keywords
recto-cutaneous fistula
anterior resection
radiation
Authors
Małgorzata Karolina Polańska-Płachta
Justyna Smaga
Grzegorz Kulik
Jerzy Alojzy Polański
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