"Intestinal Fistula" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS).
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D007412
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.267.550 C06.405.469.471 C23.300.575.185.550
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intestinal Fistula" by people in Profiles.
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Man With Nocturnal Urinary Incontinence. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 08; 76(2):e7-e8.
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Gastrocolic Fistula Involving the Pancreas in a Patient With Crohn's Disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 11; 114(11):1823-1824.
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Confirmatory Visualization of an Aorto-enteric Fistula With Esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 12; 17(13):e157.
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Endoscopic transmural necrosectomy through spontaneous pancreaticoduodenal fistula. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Jan; 83(1):255-6.
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More than just hematuria. J Emerg Med. 2014 Dec; 47(6):e149-50.
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Perforated diverticulitis with fistula mimicking an inguinal hernia. Am Surg. 2013 Feb; 79(2):E86-7.
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Small cell lung cancer metastasizing to the colon in a colovesicular fistula in the setting of diverticulitis. Am Surg. 2012 May; 78(5):E280-1.
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Small cell lung cancer metastasizing to the colon in a colovesicular fistula in the setting of diverticulitis. Am Surg. 2012 May; 78(5):E280-1.
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A modified "fistula-VAC" technique: management of multiple enterocutaneous fistulas in the open abdomen. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Dec; 124(6):453e-455e.
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Unique recalcutrant hernia repair: enterocutaneous fistula with complex ventral hernia. Am Surg. 2008 Nov; 74(11):1117-9.