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Coloenteric fistulas

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A ten-year experience with 12 cases of spontaneously occurring, preoperatively diagnosed coloenteric fistulas is described. Accurate diagnosis can be achieved most often by barium-enema examination. One-stage resection with primary anastomosis, to restore gastrointestinal continuity, is highly successful, and should be the procedure of choice.

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  1. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cook County Hospital, 1825 West Harrison Street, 60612, Chicago, Illinois

    Herand Abcarian M.D. & Nnaemeka Udezue M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, 1825 West Harrison Street, 60612, Chicago, Illinois

    Herand Abcarian M.D. & Nnaemeka Udezue M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 8 to 12, 1977.

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Abcarian, H., Udezue, N. Coloenteric fistulas. Dis Colon Rectum 21, 281–286 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586704

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