Healing of a gastrocutaneous fistula in the presence of Marlex
Macmillan, J.I.; Freeman, J.B.
Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien de Chirurgie 27(2): 159-160
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-428X PMID: 6704822 Document Number: 228671
A gastric leak with perigastric abscesses developed after a revision gastroplasty reinforced with Marlex, performed on a 34-year-old, morbidly obese woman. The site of the leak and the abscesses were drained but the Marlex could not be excised. The woman remained on long-term enteral nutrition at home and her fistula healed despite the presence of the Marlex mesh. She continued to lose weight and was well 8 months after the fistula had healed.