ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULAS - AN UNUSUAL SOLUTION

Enterocutaneous fistulas are not a minor problem in gastrointestinal t ract surgery. Significant reduction of mortality and morbidity has bee n attained but they still remain. high. The authors report three clini cal cases in which they sealed and treated enterocutaneous, chronic, i atrogenic fistulas by injecting biological glue (N-Butil 2 - Cyanoacry late- Histoacryl(R)) into the internal opening and fistulous tract, We believe that the technic we propose here, in the proper setting, may be an important contribution to the management of iatrogenic (postoper ative) enterocutaneous fistulas.