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[Treatment of external intestinal fistulas in children]
Klinicheskaia Khirurgiia
|January 1, 1990
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Conservative therapy successfully closed external intestinal fistulas in 28 of 132 children. Surgical intervention was required for 44 children, with significant overall mortality rates observed in this pediatric cohort.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Clinical Medicine
Abstract:
The experience with the treatment of 132 children with the external intestinal fistulas is summarized. In 28, the fistulas closed under the influence of conservative therapy. Operated on were 44 children. The postoperative lethality was 9%, total lethality-- 44.7%.