title: [Delayed appendico-cutaneous fistula--a rare complication of simple abdominal drainage].
abstract: Appendicocutaneous fistula represents a rare form of enterocutaneous fistulas, that can occur following acute appendicitis, drainage of a perityphlitic abscess or an appendectomy. This case report describes the unique occurrence of an appendicocutaneous fistula as complication of abdominal drainage in absence of one of the above mentioned diseases.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brünagel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*