Outcome of surgery for colovesical and colovaginal fistulas of diverticular origin in 40 patients.

Autor: Smeenk RM; Department of Surgery, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3318 AT Dordrecht, The Netherlands., Plaisier PW, van der Hoeven JA, Hesp WL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract [J Gastrointest Surg] 2012 Aug; Vol. 16 (8), pp. 1559-65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jun 01.
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1919-1
Abstrakt: Introduction: According to literature, colonic resection with a primary anastomosis and no defunctioning ileostomy is a safe treatment for colovesical or colovaginal fistula of diverticular origin. This study investigates the outcome of surgery for this patient group in a regional hospital.
Methods: Patients were obtained from a prospective database in the period 2004-2011. Several variables were investigated for their relation with surgical outcome.
Results: A colovesical (n = 35) or colovaginal (n = 5) fistula was diagnosed in 18 men and 22 women. The mean age was 69 years (range, 45-90). A rectosigmoid resection with primary anastomosis was performed in 32 patients. Fourteen patients received a defunctioning ileostomy. Eight patients were treated with a Hartmann procedure. Overall 30-day treatment-related morbidity and mortality was 48 and 8 %, respectively. Major morbidity, because of anastomotic leakage, was mainly observed in the primary anastomosis group without a defunctioning ileostomy. Morbidity and mortality were associated with high body mass index, diabetes, use of corticosteroids, and American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, though not significantly.
Conclusions: One should be liberal in the use of a defunctioning ileostomy in case of a primary anastomosis after colonic resection for a diverticular fistula, in order to prevent high morbidity rates due to anastomotic leakage.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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