Treatment of postoperative duodenal fistulae by transparietal abdominal endoscopic intubation.

Department of Surgery, American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly France.

Surg Endosc. 1989;3(3):167-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00591365.

A new way of treating postoperative fistulae without surgery is described in patients who underwent elective intubation of fistulae. This procedure permitted fast closure of the fistulae and a return to a hypercaloric diet which facilitated healing of the wounds.