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Int J Rheum Dis
March 2025
Department of Nephrology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Reprod Med
April 1996
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Background: Spontaneous development of colovaginal fistula is a rare cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in older women and most commonly arises from diverticular disease. Laparotomy for segmental colonic resection is the accepted treatment. The author found no previous reports of attempted transvaginal closure of these fistulae, although such closure of similar fistulae can sometimes be accomplished in patients with Crohn's disease when quiescence is achieved.
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October 1992
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805.
The most feared complication of anterior and low anterior resection is anastomotic dehiscence. Although most leakages remain clinically silent, some may lead to formation of a colovaginal fistula. At the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, the records of nine patients with colovaginal fistula as a complication of colorectal surgery were reviewed to determine clinical characteristics and optimal management.
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