A low-output colocutaneous fistula healed by Surgisis anal plug.
A 43-year-old woman with a postoperative low-output colocutaneous fistula in her lower abdomen was successfully treated under endoscopic control, employing the Surgisis anal plug, a cone-shaped medical device that has been formerly designed to be easily positioned into an anal fistula. We describe the technique employed here which to our knowledge, has never been described in medical literature.
Miranda
Luiz Eduardo Correia
LE
Department of Surgery, Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, Pernambuco University, 636, Domingos Ferreira Avenue, Cj 204, Recife, PE 51011-050, Brazil. lecmiranda@gmail.com
Sabat
Bernardo D
BD
Carvalho
Eduardo A
EA
D000328:Adult; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003113:Colonoscopy; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery