Confronting gastrocutaneous fistulas

A gastrocutaneous fistula (GCF) represents a fistula connecting the stomach with the skin. The aim of the present review is to clarify the entity of a GCF and to discuss the various treating strategies employed. In order to elucidate GCFs as an entity etiology was pointed out and relative pathogenet...

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Autores principales: Papavramidis, Theodossis S., Mantzoukis, Konstantinos, Michalopoulos, Nick
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714282
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author Papavramidis, Theodossis S.
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description A gastrocutaneous fistula (GCF) represents a fistula connecting the stomach with the skin. The aim of the present review is to clarify the entity of a GCF and to discuss the various treating strategies employed. In order to elucidate GCFs as an entity etiology was pointed out and relative pathogenetic mechanisms were explored. Moreover, diagnostic modalities are discussed with a special focus on GCFs following bariatric operations. Finally, the treating strategies currently employed when confronting GCFs are presented, as well as their effectiveness.
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spelling pubmed-39594662014-04-07 Confronting gastrocutaneous fistulas Papavramidis, Theodossis S. Mantzoukis, Konstantinos Michalopoulos, Nick Ann Gastroenterol Review A gastrocutaneous fistula (GCF) represents a fistula connecting the stomach with the skin. The aim of the present review is to clarify the entity of a GCF and to discuss the various treating strategies employed. In order to elucidate GCFs as an entity etiology was pointed out and relative pathogenetic mechanisms were explored. Moreover, diagnostic modalities are discussed with a special focus on GCFs following bariatric operations. Finally, the treating strategies currently employed when confronting GCFs are presented, as well as their effectiveness. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3959466/ /pubmed/24714282 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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