ArticleJournal of the anus, rectum and colon2019
Laparoscopic surgery for colovesical fistula associated with sigmoid colon diverticulitis: a review of 39 cases.
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- Epidemiological study of colovesical fistula as a complication of colonic diverticulitis in Japan: an analysis of claims data.Surgery today · 2026Article
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- Fistulating diverticulitis: a distinct clinical entity?Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Laparoscopic management of colovesical fistula in different clinical scenarios.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2024Article
- A case of emphysematous intrascrotal abscess secondary to sigmoid coloseminal fistula.Urology case reports · 2023Article
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- Laparoscopic surgery for diverticular colovesical fistula: single-center experience of 11 cases.BMC research notes · 2020Observational
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Abstract
objectivesColonic diverticular disease is widespread in Western countries and its associated with aging. In Japan, diverticulitis and colovesical fistula are also occurring more frequently. Colonic resection for diverticula-related fistulas is frequently technically demanding because of associated acute or chronic inflammation. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of a standardized laparoscopic procedure.
methodsData from 39 consecutive patients who had undergone laparoscopic surgery for colovesical fistula between October 2006 and August 2017 were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsThe patients' median age was 60 years and comprised 35 men and four women. Sigmoidectomy was performed in 33 patients, Hartmann's procedure in four, and anterior resection in two. The median operative time was 203 minutes and estimated blood loss 15 mL. There were no intraoperative complications or conversion to open surgery. No patients required bladder repair; three had minor postoperative complications, and none had recurrent diverticulitis or fistula at a mean follow-up of 5.1 years.
conclusionsThe magnified vision and minimal invasiveness make a laparoscopic approach the ideal means of managing colovesical fistula. To our knowledge, this is the largest study of colovesical fistula managed by a standardized laparoscopic procedure.
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