Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis
The management of appendicitis with appendicectomy is very common in surgical practice. A recognised complication of appendicitis and appendicectomy is the formation of an enterocutaneous fistula. We present the case of a seventy-five-year-old woman who presented with an appendicocutaneous fistula o...
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| description | The management of appendicitis with appendicectomy is very common in surgical practice. A recognised complication of appendicitis and appendicectomy is the formation of an enterocutaneous fistula. We present the case of a seventy-five-year-old woman who presented with an appendicocutaneous fistula on the background of an open appendicectomy performed sixty years prior to presentation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68b98195febd409fb71a9c4d748b190c2025-02-03T05:43:52ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/61352516135251Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump AppendicitisNelson Agostinho0Harinder K. Bains1Franko Sardelic2Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital, General Surgery Department, Dean Street, Tamworth, NSW 2340, AustraliaTamworth Rural Referral Hospital, General Surgery Department, Dean Street, Tamworth, NSW 2340, AustraliaTamworth Rural Referral Hospital, General Surgery Department, Dean Street, Tamworth, NSW 2340, AustraliaThe management of appendicitis with appendicectomy is very common in surgical practice. A recognised complication of appendicitis and appendicectomy is the formation of an enterocutaneous fistula. We present the case of a seventy-five-year-old woman who presented with an appendicocutaneous fistula on the background of an open appendicectomy performed sixty years prior to presentation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6135251 |
| spellingShingle | Nelson Agostinho Harinder K. Bains Franko Sardelic Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis |
| title_full | Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis |
| title_fullStr | Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis |
| title_short | Enterocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Stump Appendicitis |
| title_sort | enterocutaneous fistula secondary to stump appendicitis |
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