TY - JOUR
T1 - Enterocutaneous fistula associated with ePTFE mesh
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Foda, M.
AU - Carlson, M. A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A case of enterocutaneous fistula secondary to the erosion of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) prosthesis into the jejunum is described. This case is unusual secondary to the long experience with ePTFE and the lack of published cases similar to this one. The technical details of this case reveal extenuating circumstances associated with the fistula formation, and it is concluded that this particular case does not provide sufficient evidence to implicate ePTFE, by itself, as an etiologic agent for gastrointestinal fistulization. In addition, the published safety record of ePTFE in abdominal wall surgery is reviewed.
AB - A case of enterocutaneous fistula secondary to the erosion of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) prosthesis into the jejunum is described. This case is unusual secondary to the long experience with ePTFE and the lack of published cases similar to this one. The technical details of this case reveal extenuating circumstances associated with the fistula formation, and it is concluded that this particular case does not provide sufficient evidence to implicate ePTFE, by itself, as an etiologic agent for gastrointestinal fistulization. In addition, the published safety record of ePTFE in abdominal wall surgery is reviewed.
KW - Enterocutaneous fistula
KW - Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
KW - Gastrointestinal erosion
KW - Incisional hernia
KW - Mesh prosthesis
KW - Prosthetic complication
KW - ePTFE
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U2 - 10.1007/s10029-008-0441-6
DO - 10.1007/s10029-008-0441-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 18941863
AN - SCOPUS:67849130304
SN - 1265-4906
VL - 13
SP - 323
EP - 326
JO - Hernia
JF - Hernia
IS - 3
ER -