SynthesisTechniques in coloproctology2014
Laparoscopic treatment of colovesical fistulas due to complicated colonic diverticular disease: a systematic review.
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- German guideline diverticular disease/diverticulitis: Part II: Conservative, interventional and surgical management.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Guideline
- Laparoscopic approaches to complicated diverticulitis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2018Pooled it
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- Surgery for diverticular peritonitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Laparoscopic management of colovesical fistula in different clinical scenarios.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2024Article
- Computed tomography findings of abnormal gas in the abdomen and pelvis.Singapore medical journal · 2022Article
- Short Term Outcomes of Open and Minimally Invasive Approaches to Segmental Colectomy for Benign Colovesical Fistula.Surgery research and practice · 2022Article
- When the bowel meets the bladder: Optimal management of colorectal pathology with urological involvement.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2020Review
- Laparoscopic surgery for diverticular colovesical fistula: single-center experience of 11 cases.BMC research notes · 2020Observational
- Perioperative Management of Patients with Colovesical Fistula.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Article
- Combined laparoscopic and cystoscopic surgery for colovesical fistula due to colonic diverticulitis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Article
- Laparoscopic Surgery for Diverticular Fistulas: Outcomes of 111 Consecutive Cases at a Single Institution.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Article
- Evaluation of Surgical Site Infection in Mini-invasive Urological Surgery.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2019Article
- Fournier's Gangrene and Intravenous Drug Abuse: an Unusual Case Report and Review of The Literature.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2019Article
- [Colovesical fistulas : An interdisciplinary challenge].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017Article
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- Laparoscopic treatment of complicated colonic diverticular disease: A review.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2016Review
- Laparoscopic surgery of benign entero-vesical or entero-vaginal fistulae.International journal of colorectal disease · 2016Article
- Robotic conservative treatment for prostatourethrorectal fistula: original technique step by step.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyArticle
- Over 1-Year Followup of Laparoscopic Treatment of Enterovesical Fistula.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
Colovesical fistulas originating from complicated sigmoid diverticular disease are rare. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate the role of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of this complication. The secondary aim was to determine the best surgical treatment for this disease. A systematic search was conducted for studies published between 1992 and 2012 in PubMed, the Cochrane Register of Controlled Clinical Trials, Scopus, and Publish or Perish. Studies enrolling adults undergoing fully laparoscopic, laparoscopic-assisted, or hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for colovesical fistula secondary to complicated sigmoid diverticular disease were considered. Data extracted concerned the surgical technique, intraoperative outcomes, and postoperative outcomes based on the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group's template. Descriptive statistics were reported according to the PRISMA statement. In all, 202 patients from 25 studies were included in this review. The standard treatment was laparoscopic colonic resection and primary anastomosis or temporary colostomy with or without resection of the bladder wall. Operative time ranged from 150 to 321 min. It was not possible to evaluate the conversion rate to open surgery because colovesical fistulas were not distinguished from other types of enteric fistulas in most of the studies. One anastomotic leak after bowel anastomosis was reported. There was zero mortality. Few studies conducted follow-up longer than 12 months. One patient required two reoperations. Laparoscopic treatment of colovesical fistulas secondary to sigmoid diverticular disease appears to be a feasible and safe approach. However, further studies are needed to establish whether laparoscopy is preferable to other surgical approaches.
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