Enterocutaneous fistula
Classification according to ICD-10 | |
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K63.2 | Intestinal fistula |
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) |
An enterocutaneous fistula is an unnatural duct between the intestines and the skin.
Emergence
Enterocutaneous fistulas arise as a result of inflammatory bowel disease ( Crohn's disease , ulcerative colitis ) or as a complication after surgical interventions on the gastrointestinal tract . In the latter case, they are often the result of an anastomotic leak .
Enterocutaneous fistulas are rarely surgically created to relieve the intestines. One then speaks of an enterostomy .
treatment
Treatment is usually surgical. In the case of fistulas without peritonitis , however, a wait-and-see approach can often be used, as in many cases they close spontaneously.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fistula: place of origin at hiv-symptome.de, accessed on May 15, 2016.
- ↑ Andreas Hirner, Kuno Weise: Surgery. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2008, p. 587 ( online )
- ↑ Enterocutaneous fistula at flexikon.doccheck.com, accessed on May 15, 2016th