Fistulas of the gastrointestinal tract. Experience with eighty-one cases.
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.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis