ArticleClinics in colon and rectal surgery2006
Postoperative enterocutaneous fistula: when to reoperate and how to succeed.
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- Entero-Cutaneous and Entero-Atmospheric Fistulas: Insights into Management Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Delayed enterocutaneous fistula after 17 years of gunshot wound injury: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Therapeutic Options in Postoperative Enterocutaneous Fistula-A Retrospective Case Series.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Management of Enterocutaneous Fistula: A Review.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2022Review
- Colocutaneous fistula followingBMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Use of a biological mesh for the treatment of perineal fistula following radical colorectal resection.Clinical case reports · 2018Article
- Surgical treatment of postoperative laparostomy and pyloroduodenostomy-Case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2018Article
- Postoperative enterocutaneous fistula - principles in non-operative approach.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2017Article
- Enterocutaneous Fistula: Proven Strategies and Updates.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2016Review
- Enterocutaneous fistulas and a hostile abdomen: reoperative surgical approaches.World journal of surgery · 2012Article
- Enterocutaneous fistula associated with malignancy and prior radiation therapy.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2010Article
- Historical perspectives in the care of patients with enterocutaneous fistula.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2010Article
- The Crucial Role of Nurses in the Comprehensive Management of Postoperative Enteroatmospheric Fistula: A Narrative Review.Current health sciences journalReview
- Surgical management of enterocutaneous fistula.Korean journal of radiologyArticle
- Anastomotic Leakage after Colorectal Surgery: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Options.Current health sciences journalArticle
- Challenges Encountered in Placement of Ostomy Bag for Palliative Care in a Patient with Colorectal Cancer.Indian journal of palliative careArticle
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Abstract
An enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) is a potentially catastrophic postoperative complication. Although the morbidity and mortality associated with ECF have decreased over the past 50 years with modern medical and surgical care, the overall mortality is still surprisingly high, up to 39% in recent literature. It seems prudent, then, for every surgeon to have a thorough grasp of optimal treatment strategies for ECF to minimize their patients' mortality. Ultimately, the algorithm must begin with prevention. Once an ECF is diagnosed, the first step is to resuscitate and treat sepsis. The second is to control fistula output. The third step is to optimize the patient medically and nutritionally. The last step is definitive restoration of gastrointestinal continuity when necessary. Special mention is given in this article to exceptionally refractory fistulas such as those arising in the presence of inflammatory bowel disease and irradiated bowel. This plan gives a framework for the difficult task of successfully treating the postoperative ECF with a multidisciplinary approach.
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