1. Fistulas of the gastrointestinal tract. Experience with eighty-one cases.
- Author
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Athanassiades S, Notis P, and Tountas C
- Subjects
- Acid-Base Equilibrium, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Digestive System Surgical Procedures, Female, Gastric Fistula etiology, Gastric Fistula mortality, Greece, Humans, Intestinal Fistula etiology, Intestinal Fistula mortality, Intestinal Obstruction complications, Male, Middle Aged, Peritonitis complications, Postoperative Complications, Prognosis, Gastric Fistula therapy, Intestinal Fistula therapy
- Abstract
Eighty-one cases of gastrointestinal fistulas are reported. Sixty-seven of these fistulas occurred postoperatively, all of them external, and fourteen occurred spontaneously, all but one internal. Fifty-two patients were treated conservatively and twenty-nine underwent operation, with an overall mortality rate of 23.4 per cent. It is noted that the presence of severe intraperitoneal infection and a high location of the fistula were associated with an unfavorable prognosis, with mortality rates of 31.4 per cent and 48 per cent, respectively.
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- 1975
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