title: Treatment of external biliary, pancreatic and intestinal fistulas with a somatostatin analog.
abstract: Somatostatin and its long-acting analog octreotide (SMS 201-995) inhibit several gastrointestinal functions. Their effects have been studied in the treatment of small numbers of external pancreatic, intestinal and biliary fistulas. We treated 8 biliary, 4 pancreatic and 5 intestinal cutaneous fistulas with octreotide. Mean decreases in fistula output before octreotide treatment were not significant (p > 0.01 for each group). On the 1st day of octreotide treatment, mean fistula output decreased from 412 +/- 60.4 to 234 +/- 57.7 ml in the biliary, from 457.5 +/- 57.5 to 217.5 +/- 11.8 ml in the pancreatic and from 564 +/- 49.2 to 217.5 +/- 11.8 ml in the enterocutaneous fistula groups (p < 0.01 for each). No serious side effects were recorded. We conclude that octreotide is an important adjunct in the conservative treatment of external biliary, pancreatic and intestinal fistulas, by decreasing their output.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ankara University Medical School, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bumin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karayalcin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alacayir
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aribal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D015282:Octreotide