Abstract
We herein describe the case of an 82-year-old man with colocutaneous fistula adjacent to an unmatured but intact low colorectal anastomosis after low anterior resection for rectal adenocarcinoma. Early in the course, an OTSC (Over-The-Scope Clip) was successfully placed onto the fistula’s internal orifice, with concomitant reduction in our patient’s morbidity.
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Abbreviations
- ASA:
-
American Society of Anaesthesiologists
- BMI:
-
Body Mass Index
- NOTES:
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Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
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Avgoustou, C., Paraskeva, K. Early endoscopic closure of colocutaneous fistula adjacent to unmatured low colorectal anastomosis with the Over-The-Scope Clip (OTSC). Hellenic J Surg 88, 193–196 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-016-0314-x
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