Enterocutaneous fistula

Classification according to ICD-10
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

1. ↑ Fistula: place of origin at hiv-symptome.de, accessed on May 15, 2016.
2. ↑ Andreas Hirner, Kuno Weise: Surgery. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2008, p. 587 ( online )
3. ↑ Enterocutaneous fistula at flexikon.doccheck.com, accessed on May 15, 2016th

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