ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA - A RECONSTRUCTIVE DILEMMA

Authors
DUNCAN CO EARLEY MJ OCONNELL PR
Citation
Co. Duncan et al., ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA - A RECONSTRUCTIVE DILEMMA, Irish journal of medical science, 167(1), 1998, pp. 9-10
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Irish journal of medical science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00211265
Volume
167
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
9 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-1265(1998)167:1<9:EF-ARD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Surgical repair of enterocutaneous fistulae in Crohn's disease may res ult in large skin defects of the anterior abdominal wall. We present a case in which a large defect was managed with reconstruction using a pedicled rectus abdominis mycocutaneous flap in a single procedure. Th e case highlights the technical challenge of such a case and the value of a joint surgical approach between plastic and colorectal services.