Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report

Anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery is an infrequent but in some cases very serious or even lethal complication. The over-the-scope-clipping (OTSC) system (Ovesco), which was originally developed to treat intestinal perforation and was tested on animals, could be the answer for the patient wi...

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Main Authors: Olegas Aliosinas, Gintautas Radziunas, Audrius Dulskas, Narimantas E. Samalavicius
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2015-02-01
Series:Lietuvos Chirurgija
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Online Access:http://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/5117
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spelling doaj-95ff3dfcdead44ea89485059cf5a96fd2020-11-25T00:53:08ZengVilnius University PressLietuvos Chirurgija1392-09951648-99422015-02-01134Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case reportOlegas Aliosinas0Gintautas Radziunas1Audrius Dulskas2Narimantas E. SamalaviciusCenter of Oncosurgery, National Cancer InstituteVilnius University Hospital, Santariskiu ClinicsCenter of Oncosurgery, National Cancer Institute Anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery is an infrequent but in some cases very serious or even lethal complication. The over-the-scope-clipping (OTSC) system (Ovesco), which was originally developed to treat intestinal perforation and was tested on animals, could be the answer for the patient with such situation. We present a case of 63-year-old man suturae insuffitiency at the 40th post-operative day. The conservative treatment was long and unsuccessful. The lesion was then closed with two subsequent clips, and the patient recovered well without major interventions. The lesion showed a normal healing on the follow-up. http://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/5117over-the-scope-clippingcolorectal cancersuturae insuffitiencycolorectal fistula
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author Olegas Aliosinas
Gintautas Radziunas
Audrius Dulskas
Narimantas E. Samalavicius
spellingShingle Olegas Aliosinas
Gintautas Radziunas
Audrius Dulskas
Narimantas E. Samalavicius
Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
Lietuvos Chirurgija
over-the-scope-clipping
colorectal cancer
suturae insuffitiency
colorectal fistula
author_facet Olegas Aliosinas
Gintautas Radziunas
Audrius Dulskas
Narimantas E. Samalavicius
author_sort Olegas Aliosinas
title Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
title_short Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
title_full Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
title_fullStr Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
title_sort treatment of chronic colorectal fistula with the over-the-scope-clipping system: a case report
publisher Vilnius University Press
series Lietuvos Chirurgija
issn 1392-0995
1648-9942
publishDate 2015-02-01
description Anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery is an infrequent but in some cases very serious or even lethal complication. The over-the-scope-clipping (OTSC) system (Ovesco), which was originally developed to treat intestinal perforation and was tested on animals, could be the answer for the patient with such situation. We present a case of 63-year-old man suturae insuffitiency at the 40th post-operative day. The conservative treatment was long and unsuccessful. The lesion was then closed with two subsequent clips, and the patient recovered well without major interventions. The lesion showed a normal healing on the follow-up.
topic over-the-scope-clipping
colorectal cancer
suturae insuffitiency
colorectal fistula
url http://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/5117
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