Spontaneous enteroatmospheric fistula in a patient with COVID-19 disease
journal of surgery and medicine, cilt.6, sa.6, ss.0-2, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Vaka Takdimi
- Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.28982/josam.1004620
- Dergi Adı: journal of surgery and medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.0-2
- Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease patients present with upper respiratory symptoms; however, these
patients may show gastrointestinal symptoms on arrival at the hospital. This finding requires an abdominal
physical examination and imaging for 33% of patients. Enteroatmospheric fistulas (EAF) may form a
connection between the external environment and the gastrointestinal tract and usually presents various
difficulties in controlling the disease without surgical intervention. Its management requires a high level of
clinical expertise to control and treat the fistula. In this case report, spontaneous EAF and its management
are presented in a 65-year-old morbidly obese female patient who spontaneously had EAF during her
hospitalization for COVID-19.