Rectouretral fistulas are a rare disease, but represent an important problem for the patient that suffers them and a challenge for the urologist and colorectal surgeon who has to manage them. A wide review has been performed focusing on etiopathogenic factors, diagnostic and therapeutic options including the analysis of different surgical techniques. PubMed, MEDLINE y EMBASE medical database we...

Seminal vesicle fistula is a very rare and unusual complication of abdomino-perineal resection for carcinoma of the rectum. Persistent, discharging perineal sinus should prompt the clinician to consider this unusual entity in the remote post-operative period. Pre-operative radiotherapy may be a contributing factor. CT or MR sinography may prove to be a valuable investigational tool for delineat...

Background: Duplication of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare congenital disorder in pediatric patients. Complete resection case total tubular duplication that requires or subtotal colectomy undesirable children.Case Presentation: This presented simple surgical technique for treating complete colonic without resection. A 2 months old female baby with abdominal distention and stool complaint c...

Introduction. Recto-uretral fistulas are a rare but devastating complication of pelvic surgery or radiation. Rectouretral fistulas develop in 1% to 2% of patients receiving therapy for localised prostate cancer. Currently, there is no consensus in the literature regarding management. Method. The literature search was conducted on Medline® using the words: uretro-rectal fistula, prostate cancer,...

Cambridge Street Home for Women on 9th October 1893, complaining of passing her urine per rectum. Her illness was of five years' duration. Four years ago Dr Mackay sent her to the Royal Infirmary, but she refused to stay, and since then her condition has become gradually worse. Menstruation began at the age of 15, and was regular till her present illness. It lasts three days and is of the 28-da...

Abstract Background To assess the clinical efficacy and safety of ustekinumab(UST) combined with sphincter-preserving surgery in treatment perianal fistulizing Crohn’s disease(pfCD). Methods A single-center retrospective study. The baseline data pfCD patients who met inclusion exclusion criteria visited Anorectal Department Affiliated Hospital Nanjing University Traditional Chinese Medicine fro...

*Corresponding Author:Debarshi Jana. ..................................................................................................................... Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study is to reproduce successfully the principle of a pediatric surgical operation in a complicated adult patient. Summary Background Data: Mesh rectopexy is a known operation, infection in mesh is an unkn...

We have used a classification of ano-rectal anomalies following the concepts of Keith (1908), Stephens (1953a, b), Browne (1955) and Bill and Johnson (1958), as described elsewhere (Nixon, 1961). The low anomalies in which the 'anus' or 'fistula' is below the puborectalis present few serious problems. The main groups are the covered and ectopic anus, and continence is achieved by adequately enl...

background: colonoscopy is used for both diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes in patients with lower gi symptoms. the aim of this study was to assess the clinical manifestations and to determine the colonoscopic findings of children with lower gi symptoms attending a pediatric hospital in tehran. materials and methods: during a 5-year period (1996-2001), all children less than 16 years of...