AORTO-COLONIC FISTULA AS A LATE COMPLICATION OL COLON INTERPOSITION FOR ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA

Authors
DEBRAS B KANANE O ENON B ROBERT M
Citation
B. Debras et al., AORTO-COLONIC FISTULA AS A LATE COMPLICATION OL COLON INTERPOSITION FOR ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, European journal of pediatric surgery, 6(5), 1996, pp. 310-311
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09397248
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
310 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-7248(1996)6:5<310:AFAALC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 22-year-old man developed severe haematemsis 21 years after colon in terposition for long-gap oesophageal atresia. A fistula, from an anast omotic ulcer to the descending thoracic aorta. was discovered and trea ted successfully by surgical resection. This previously unreported com plication highlights the need for the prevention of peptic complicatio ns following oesophageal replacement in children.