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Therapeutic effects of gelatin-resorcin-formal glue in the treatment of postoperative fistula following a low anterior resection: report of a case.

Sato S, Suzuki Y, Shiozaki T

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Misato Junshin General Hospital, Saitama, Japan. ssato@maz.miinet.or.jp

Postoperative fistulas are among the most difficult and distressing of surgical problems. We describe a case of a discharging fistula that developed after low anterior resection and was successfully treated with a new biologic adhesive agent, gelatin-resorcin-formal glue. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a postoperative fistula after colorectal surgery successfully treated with gelatin-resorcin-formal glue. In conclusion, gelatin-resorcin-formal glue is useful for uncontrollable postoperative fistula.

Published 8 May 2006 in Dis Colon Rectum, 49(5): 679-81.
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