Management of Enteroatmospheric Fistula and Floating Ileostomy: Would Eaken Wound Pouch Be the Answer? A Case Report

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A. Sinha Abdirahaman Nuno Mokhtar Eltair

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Abdirahaman Nuno
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Ealing Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

A B S T R A C T

Enterocutaneous and enteroatmospheric fistulas are the most challenging complications of abdominal sepsis to deal with a high mortality. This is even more challenging with a stoma in an open abdomen. In the setting of chronic granulomatous inflammation like abdominal tuberculosis or inflammatory bowel disease, recovery is prolonged and management involves multidisciplinary care. We present a rare case that was a complication of tuberculous peritonitis.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 05, Jun 2020
Accepted: Thu 02, Jul 2020
Published: Tue 07, Jul 2020

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© 2023 Abdirahaman Nuno. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.AJSCR.2020.03.05