Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 3
Letter to the Editor
Minimally invasive treatment of rectovesical fistula: A case report

164-165

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.4017/2015

Alba Manuel Vázquez, Francisco Javier Jiménez Miramón, José Luis Ramos Rodríguez, José María Jover Navalón,

Abstract
Management of rectovesical fistulas poses a significant challenge where a definitive surgical treatment is necessary in the majority of the patients. The application of transanal endoscopic surgery is an useful option, adding the adventages of a minimally invasive surgery. We report our first case of transanal endoscopic surgical treatment of RVF with a successful outcome
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Manuel Vázquez A, Jiménez Miramón F, Ramos Rodríguez J, Jover Navalón J. Minimally invasive treatment of rectovesical fistula: A case report. 4017/2015


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Publication history

Received: 25/09/2015

Accepted: 02/10/2015

Online First: 28/01/2016

Published: 26/02/2016

Article revision time: 4 days

Article Online First time: 125 days

Article editing time: 154 days


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