title: [Enterovesical fistulas in Crohn disease: diagnosis and treatment].
abstract: Internal fistula is a complication of Crohn's disease. Among 589 patients operated upon at Hôpital Saint-Antoine between 1970 and 1992, 17 (2.9%) had entero-vesical fistula. Ileovesical fistulas were twice as frequent as sigmoidovesical fistulas. Typical symptoms were pneumaturia, fecaluria, and recurrent urinary tract infection. Cystoscopy was performed in 8 patients and determined the site of the fistula in each case. The indication for operation was the fistula itself (35%) or another complication of Crohn's disease (65%). Associated lesions were as follows: 6 entero-enteral, 2 ileogenital, 5 enterocutaneous fistulas and 6 intraabdominal abscesses. Resection of the bowel segment responsible for the fistula was performed in every case, with primary anastomosis in 9 cases and enterostomy in 8 cases. The vesical opening was excised and sutured in 10 cases and left open in 7 cases. An urethral catheter was left in place for at least 7 days. There was no postoperative death; one postoperative external vesical fistula healed without reoperation. Seven enterostomies have been closed, one is definitive. There were no late recurrences of vesical fistula.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saint-Marc
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frileux
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Texeira
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography
vernacular_title: Les fistules entéro-vésicales de la maladie de Crohn: diagnostic et traitement.