The treatment of high enterocutaneous fistula with surgical drainage and total parenteral nutrition
Harju, E.; Pessi, T.; Koikkalainen, T.; Koskinen, A.
International Surgery 70(1): 33-38
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-8868 PMID: 3926685 Document Number: 261030
High enterocutaneous fistulas occurred in 17 malnourished patients after abdominal surgery, performed in most cases for serious primary disease, and were treated with emergency surgical drainage, in 15 cases, early resuturation, in six patients, and total parenteral nutrition (12.6 MJ) in all cases. No elective reconstructions were carried out. The fistulas healed in 27 +/- 20 days, except in three patients, with carcinoma of the stomach or necrosis of the pancreas, who died in sepsis.