Colo-uterine fistula, a complication of the sigma diverticulitis

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 827-830

  Nistri, R ^a,b   Basili, G ^a   Vitali, A ^a   Carrieri, P ^a   Nardi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis, colonic complications; Diverticulosis, colonic; Fistula; Uterine diseases

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BLADDER FISTULA; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COLON STENOSIS; COLON UTERUS FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINA; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; FISTULA; INTESTINE FISTULA; SIGMOID; UTERUS DISEASE;

AGED; COLON, SIGMOID; COLONIC DISEASES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031593623     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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