Conservative surgery for vesicocolic fistula.
Vesicocolic fistula due to diverticular disease of the colon is conventionally treated by resection of the diseased bowel and closure of the vesical defect. Three cases are described in which separation of the viscera and simple suture of the vesical and colonic defects was carried out. A greater omental graft was interposed between the rectum and bladder. Two of the patients are well 12 and 26 months postoperatively. The third patient died a year postoperatively from a complication of her diverticular disease.
D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*