Surgical management in enterovesical fistula in Crohn disease at a single medical center

Int Surg. 2014 Mar-Apr;99(2):120-5. doi: 10.9738/INTSURG-D-13-00038.1.

Abstract

Crohn disease is a chronic, transmural, inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract with unknown etiology. It can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract and may cause fistula, stricture, or abscess formation with disease progression. The preoperative diagnosis and definite management of this rare complication are challenges for physicians, urologists, and surgeons.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Colectomy
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Colonic Diseases / etiology
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery*
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Cystectomy
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Ileal Diseases / etiology
  • Ileal Diseases / surgery*
  • Ileum / surgery
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / surgery*
  • Young Adult