Year 2019 / Volume 111 / Number 9
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A non-degraded biodegradable stent in the closure of a defunctionalized rectovaginal fistula

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2019.4179/2015

Felipe Martínez-Alcalá Garcia, Álvaro Martínez-Alcalá García, Felipe Martínez Alcalá,

Abstract
The case was a 52-year-old female with a rectovaginal fistula secondary to a rectosigmoid resection with low colorectal anastomosis due to adenocarcinoma. The fistula persisted after surgical reintervention with defunctionalization, a hysterectomy and colostomy in the left iliac fossa.
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Received: 28/12/2015

Accepted: 07/11/2018

Online First: 23/07/2019

Published: 05/09/2019

Article Online First time: 1303 days

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