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[Post-nephrectomy duodeno-cutaneous fistula resolved with parenteral nutrition and octreotide (somatostatin
J E Batista Miranda1, F J Solé Balcells, F Peñalba
1Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Barcelona, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
After a right nephrectomy of ischemic kidney, a high-output duodenal fistula developed on the third postoperative day. Sixteen days of total parenteral nutrition were unsuccessful, so octreotide (a synthetic analogue of somatostatin) was added (0.1 mg subcutaneously every 8 hours). The output decreased progressively and the fistula closed completely 9 days thereafter.