A gastrointestinal fistula (GIF) is an abnormal opening in your digestive tract that causes gastric fluids to seep through the lining of your stomach or intestines. If you have a GIF, you’re more at ...

An enterocutaneous fistula is an abnormal opening between the small or large bowel and the skin of the abdomen, which allows the contents of the bowel to leak. A fistula can arise from any part of the ...

I attempted a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 65-year-old, well-preserved patient who had undergone exploratory laparotomy for sigmoid cancer about 2 years ago. I gave up after 2 attempts at open ...

Inflammatory bowel conditions such as Chron’s disease and ulcerative colitis are examples of conditions that lead to fistulas forming between two loops of the intestine. An artificial fistula may be ...

FOR many years the general principles of surgical procedure in the management of carcinoma of the colon have been recognized and practiced. The results of treatment are now available, and the ...