Fistulae involving rectum and urethra: the place of Parks's operations.
Twenty-five rectovesical and rectourethral fistulae were treated over an 18-year period in which various methods for closing the rectal side of the fistula were developed, ultimately with two techniques using the full thickness of intestine. As a result of these operations the management of the urethral and vesical side of the fistulae became a relatively simple problem to which standard techniques could be applied.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*