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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Presenting symptoms, diagnostic progression, etiology, therapy, and complications of 44 patients with enterovesical fistulae who came to three Yale teaching hospitals over a 9-year period were reviewed. Patients with diverticulitis as the cause of their fistula were older and came to the hospital with pneumaturia/fecaluria. Patients with pelvic cancer were more likely to have fecaluria, gastrointestinal symptoms, or hematuria. Patients with Crohn's disease were an average of 20 years younger than the patients with cancer or diverticulitis and they came to the hospital with pneumaturia, abdominal pain, abdominal mass, and tenderness. Computerized axial tomography scanning, cystoscopy, charcoaluria, and barium enema were useful in making the diagnosis; intravenous pyelography and colonoscopy were not. One-tenth of the patients were not candidates for operation, and one-quarter of the patients did not undergo complete operative resolution with restoration of enteric and urinary continuity. Nine patients underwent a two-stage repair consisting of resection/repair of the fistula with proximal fecal diversion and subsequent re-establishment of bowel continuity. These patients had a higher morbidity than the 19 patients who underwent one-stage repair. Enterovesical fistula is a challenging entity, the etiology of which may be suspected upon taking the patient's history or performing the physical assessment; however, the definitive diagnosis of enterovesical fistula can remain elusive. Single-stage repair can be achieved with low morbidity and mortality in many candidates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
258-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Barium Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Colonic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Cystoscopy, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Diverticulitis, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Enema, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Ileal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Intestinal Fistula, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Pelvic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Rectal Fistula, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1586086-Urinary Bladder Fistula
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis and treatment of enterovesical fistulae.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Bridgeport Hospital, Connecticut.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study