Aortoenteric fistula
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 27 (3) , 196-198
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02555676
Abstract
During the last ten years, 14 patients with proven aortoenteric fistulas were admitted to the Greenville Hospital System, a community system of 1200 beds in four units serving a county of 250,000 residents. The experience obtained is tabulated, and illustrative case reports are used to emphasize the diagnostic and treatment problems inherent in this group of patients. It is obvious that two major manifestations result when intra-abdominal vascular prostheses communicate with some portion of the gastrointestinal tract. The most common manifestation of aortoenteric fistula is massive GI hemorrhage, usually preceded by an earlier, less consequential bleeding episode called a “herald bleed.” If the small bowel, other than the duodenum or colon, is involved, then chronic bleeding and sepsis are most characteristic. The problems of diagnosis and management are discussed.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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