From an Enteroatmospheric to an Enterocutaneous Fistula Using a Condom
Sofia Gaspar Reis, Patrícia Bernardo, Nuno Mendonça, Hélder Além, Zara Caetano · 2024
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Description
Sofia Gaspar Reis, Patrícia Bernardo, Nuno Mendonça, Hélder Além, and Zara Caetano published a 2024 surgical case report on taming one of the most feared wound complications with a latex condom. An open abdomen can spring a leak where bowel contents spill straight into the wound, a state that usually means repeated surgery and long hospital stays.
Their patient, a 75 year old man, returned with stool flooding his abdomen after gallbladder surgery elsewhere. Surgeons removed the leaking bowel segment and left the abdomen open. The leak declared itself eight days later at the worst grade. A four step technique followed: joining the leak to a condom, building a fistula ring, applying vacuum wound therapy, and fitting a stoma bag. Nine weeks later the wound had fully healed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sofia Gaspar Reis, Patrícia Bernardo, Nuno Mendonça, Hélder Além, Zara Caetano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |