Delayed presentation of enterocutaneous fistula after tubal ligation: a case report

Authors

  • Sinduja Munnamgi Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Sudhir Kumar Singh Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Farhanul Huda Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Arundev Ravikumar Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Bhargav Gajula Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20203812

Keywords:

Enterocutaneous fistula, Iatrogenic complication, Gynaecology, Ileum

Abstract

A 50-year-old woman with a history of tubal ligation nine years earlier, presented with a complaint of discharge from the scar site. She was found to have an enterocutaneous fistula. The patient underwent an exploratory laparoscopy. The tract excised and primary repair of bowel done. A unique feature of the case is the formation of an enterocutaneous fistula after an extremely long latency due to gauze threads, which has not been previously reported in the literature.

Author Biographies

Sinduja Munnamgi, Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Senior Resident , General Surgery
AIIMS , Rishikesh .

Sudhir Kumar Singh, Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Assistant Professor,Department of General Surgery
AIIMS , Rishikesh .

Farhanul Huda, Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Consultant, Department of General Surgery
AIIMS , Rishikesh .

Arundev Ravikumar, Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Junior Resident , Department of General Surgery
AIIMS , Rishikesh .

Bhargav Gajula, Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Junior Resident , Department of General Surgery
AIIMS , Rishikesh .

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2020-08-27

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