title: Successful surgical treatment of aortoenteric fistula.
abstract: In order to establish optimal management for aortoenteric fistula (AEF) the records of five patients treated for AEF (four aortoduodenal and one aortogastric fistula) were retrospectively reviewed. The arterial reconstruction procedures were selected according to the surgical findings, underlying cause, and patient status. In situ aortic reconstructions with prosthetic grafts were performed on three patients who had no gross findings of periaortic infection, whereas axillo-bifemoral bypass was carried out in the other two patients with periaortic purulence. In all patients, after retroperitoneal irrigation a pedicled omentum was used to cover the aortic graft or aortic stump. In the preoperative abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan there was a periaortic air shadow in four out of five patients. There was no surgical mortality or graft infection observed during a mean follow-up period of 40 months (range, 24-68 months). Therefore, the treatment results of an AEF can be improved using intravenous contrast-enhanced abdominal CT for rapid diagnosis and selection of an appropriate surgical procedure based on the surgical findings and underlying cause.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jang Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Wook
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chel Joong
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye In
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Dong Ik
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media