An enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) is an abnormal communication between the small or large bowel and the skin that allows the contents of the stomach or intestines to leak through an opening in the skin.[1]
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An enterocutaneousfistula (ECF) is an abnormal communication between the small or large bowel and the skin that allows the contents of the stomach or...
intestine and the skin as an enterocutaneousfistula, and between the colon and the skin as a colocutaneous fistula. A fistula can result from an infection...
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between two loops of intestine (entero-enteric fistula) or intestine and skin (enterocutaneousfistula). Portacaval anastomosis, by contrast, is an anastomosis...
survival time. Palliative surgery may result in short bowel syndrome, enterocutaneousfistula, or re-obstruction; or may not be possible due to the extent of...
intestinal wall (termed a Richter's hernia), which can lead to an enterocutaneousfistula. Strangulating umbilical hernias will present as enlarged, firm...
Yuan Y, Li J (September 2013). "Nonthyroidal illness syndrome in enterocutaneousfistulas". American Journal of Surgery. 206 (3): 386–92. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg...
Yuan Y, Li J (September 2013). "Nonthyroidal illness syndrome in enterocutaneousfistulas". American Journal of Surgery. 206 (3): 386–92. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg...