enterocutaneous fistula

Enterocutaneous fistula: between the intestine and the skin surface, namely from the duodenum or the jejunum or the ileum.

The surgeons declined to operate because of extensive intra-abdominal adhesions caused by multiple intestinal resections and chronic enterocutaneous fistulas.

Traumatic intestinal fistulas usually occur between two loops of intestine (enetero-enteric fistula) or intestine and skin (enterocutaneous fistula).

Because of several previous abdominal operations including colon resection and removal of a total of 90 cm of small intestine, extensive abdominal adhesions and a system of enterocutaneous fistulas secondary to severe Crohn's disease, the surgeons in our hospital refused to operate.