Abstract

CARBONELL DELGADO, Daniel; CASTELLANOS SIERRA, Georgina; POLO KESSER, Isaac  and  REYES MARTI, Elicio. Colovaginal fistula in an elderly woman with complicated diverticular disease. MEDISAN [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.6. ISSN 1029-3019.

The clinical case of an elderly woman with colovaginal fistula after a complicated diverticular disease is reported, who was operated by the authors with the purpose of performing fistulotomy followed by sigmoidectomy of the damaged segment with termino-terminal anastomosis and closing of vaginal vault hole, warranting a favorable postoperative course.

Keywords : VAGINAL FISTULA; VAGINAL FISTULA [ultrasonography]; VAGINAL FISTULA [etiology]; VAGINAL FISTULA [surgery]; HYSTERECTOMY; COLON [pathology]; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID [surgery]; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL.

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