[Recanalizing entero-rectal fistula post-colostomy for inoperable rectal cancer].
The Authors report a case of a spontaneous intestinal 'recanalization' after 1 year since the palliative surgery (definitive colostomy) for rectal cancer in a 79 years-old patient.
Tonante
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Università degli Studi di Messina, Dipartimento di Ciscipline Chirurgiche Generali e Speciali, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Italy.
Bonanno
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L
Taranto
F
F
Gagliano
E
E
Mamo
M
M
Sturniolo
Gia
G
De Salvo
G
G
Sturniolo
Gio
G
D000368:Aged; D003125:Colostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*