Colocutaneous fistula complicating therapeutic mesenteric embolisation
| Autor: | A J M Leather, R A M Camprodon, S Jacob, M L George, J B Karani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Colon Cutaneous Fistula medicine.medical_treatment Colonic ischaemia Ischemia New Online Case Reports Colonic Diseases Risk Factors Intestinal Fistula medicine Humans Colocutaneous fistula Embolization Significant risk Aged business.industry Colonic haemorrhage General Medicine medicine.disease Embolization Therapeutic Surgery Radiology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Tomography X-Ray Computed Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1478-7083 0035-8843 |
| DOI: | 10.1308/147870807x188443 |
| Popis: | Percutaneous embolotherapy has now assumed an important role in the management of massive colonic haemorrhage. However, this therapeutic option is associated with a significant risk of irreversible segmental colonic ischaemia. We present a case where distal segmental ischaemia led to a colocutaneous fistula, a complication not reported so far in the literature. |
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