Gastrostomy tube insertion into intestinal-cutaneous tract fistulas is a new technique to improve fistula control

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 516-519

  Halttunen, Jorma ^a   Sirén, Jukka ^a   Kivilaakso, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Duodenal fistula; Endoscopic treatment; Gastrostomy tube; Postoperative intestinal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GUIDE WIRE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTESTINAL CUTANEOUS TRACT FISTULA; INTESTINE FISTULA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PYLORUS; SKIN FISTULA; STENT; STOMACH FISTULA; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0142196710     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073687     Document Type: Article

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