[A case of anastomotic aneurysm-enteric fistula]

Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1997 Jun;98(6):580-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We successfully performed circulation reconstructive surgery and repair of a small intestine resection, primarily at an anatomical position, for perforation of a pseudoaneurysm in the small intestine, which occurred in an anastomosis site of the right leg of a Y graft of an artificial blood vessel and internal iliac artery graft on a patient, at the remote time of 18 years after she had received a Y-type artificial blood vessel. The patient's life was saved. The results suggest that it is important to make a definitive diagnosis quickly after the occurrence of symptoms and to select an appropriate surgical technique according to the findings of infection adjacent to the perforation site.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Fistula / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery*
  • Intestine, Small*
  • Methods
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Time Factors