<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: Ureterocolic fistula after acute colonic diverticulitis and colovesical fistula occurs rarely in patients with colonic diverticula.Objective: We present our experience with diagnosis and treatment of postoperative ureterocolic fistula.Methods: A 61-year-old male patient with acute colonic diverticulitis and colovesical fistula developed ureterocolic fistula after resection of sigmoid and descending colon, partial cystectomy and T-loop colostomy.Results: The identification and subsequent management of this rare postoperative ureterocolic fistula emphasizes the importance of adequate preoperative evaluation, including the preoperative placement of ureteral stents to facilitate identification of the ureters, minimize inadvertent ureteral injury and treat possible coloureteral fistulas.Conclusion: Our experience suggests that placement of ureteral stents allows successful treatment of postoperative urinary leakage into the peritoneal cavity through the ureterocolonic fistula and precludes major surgical intervention.</abstract>

Background: Ureterocolic fistula after acute colonic diverticulitis and colovesical fistula occurs rarely in patients with colonic diverticula.Objective: We present our experience with diagnosis and treatment of postoperative ureterocolic fistula.Methods: A 61-year-old male patient with acute colonic diverticulitis and colovesical fistula developed ureterocolic fistula after resection of sigmoid and descending colon, partial cystectomy and T-loop colostomy.Results: The identification and subsequent management of this rare postoperative ureterocolic fistula emphasizes the importance of adequate preoperative evaluation, including the preoperative placement of ureteral stents to facilitate identification of the ureters, minimize inadvertent ureteral injury and treat possible coloureteral fistulas.Conclusion: Our experience suggests that placement of ureteral stents allows successful treatment of postoperative urinary leakage into the peritoneal cavity through the ureterocolonic fistula and precludes major surgical intervention.

Clinical report. Management of rare postoperative ureterocolic fistula

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 802,

Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Ureterocolic fistula after acute colonic diverticulitis and colovesical fistula occurs rarely in patients with colonic diverticula.Objective: We...

Clinical report. Management of rare postoperative ureterocolic fistula

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 917 - 921

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0606.139

Keywords
Colonic diverticular disease, diverticulitis, fistulas, ureterocolic fistula

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Clinical report. Management of rare postoperative ureterocolic fistula

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 917 - 921

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0606.139

KeywordsColonic diverticular disease, diverticulitis, fistulas, ureterocolic fistula

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Colonic diverticular disease, diverticulitis, fistulas, ureterocolic fistula