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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Emoto, Shigenobu
• Nozawa, Hiroaki
• Yoneyama, Satomi
• Murono, Koji
• Kaneko, Manabu
• Sasaki, Kazuhito
• Otani, Kensuke
• Nishikawa, Takeshi
• Tanaka, Toshiaki
• Hata, Keisuke
• Kiyomatsu, Tomomichi
• Kawai, Kazushige
• Omata, Kanako
• Noguchi, Tatsuki
• Masuda, Koichi
• Sakata, Hiroki
• Tajima, Yusuke
• Hidemura, Akio
• Suzuki, Hiroyuki
• Ishimaru, Masahiro
• Watanabe, Toshiaki

Titel

Rectovaginal fistula after low anterior resection for rectal cancer healed by nonoperative treatment

Ist Teil von

• International journal of surgery case reports, 2017-01, Vol.41, p.121-123

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Rectovaginal fistula (RVF) is one of the complications after low anterior resection for rectal cancer.•RVF has been considered to be refractory to conservative treatment.•We report a case of RVF in which conservative treatment was successful. Rectovaginal fistula (RVF) is a serious complication after colorectal anastomosis using a double-stapling technique. RVF following this procedure has been considered to be refractory to conservative treatment. A 75-year-old woman who underwent laparoscopy-assisted low anterior resection for early rectal cancer developed RVF on the 12th postoperative day. Conservative treatment was chosen and was successful. She was discharged from the hospital after 3 weeks with a normal oral diet. Colonoscopy on the 50th postoperative day showed that the RVF was closed. Conservative treatment may be effective for RVF after colorectal anastomosis using a double-stapling technique when there is no evidence of defecation through the vagina.