title: Secondary iliac-enteric fistula to the sigmoid colon complicated with entero-grafto-cutaneous fistula.
abstract: We report the case of a 67-year-old man who was admitted to our department with acute rectal bleeding. The patient had had previous aortoiliac surgery with the utilization of an aortobifemoral vascular prosthesis. Diagnosis of aortoenteric fistula was made between the distal suture line of the right graft leg and the sigmoid colon. This fistula had an enterocutaneous component. After exploratory laparotomy, primary resection of the sigmoid colon, exstirpation of the enterocutaneous fistula, excision of the right graft leg and extraanatomical crossover bypass were successfully performed. This study reports a rare type of aorto/ilac-enteric fistula to the left colon complicated with an entero-grafto-cutaneous component and describes an unusual and successful surgical treatment method.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bognár
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sugár
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sipos
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ledniczky
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laczkó
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ondrejka