Management of external gastrointestinal fistulas with glucose and lipids.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-1980
Abstract
Thirty-one patients with 35 external gastrointestinal fistulas were initially managed conservatively with total parenteral nutrition. Patients received the centrally infused glucose system or the peripherally infused lipid system, or both systems, in sequence. Eighteen of the fistulas closed spontaneously, and nine patients died. Eleven of the 15 fistulas managed exclusively with the lipid system closed spontaneously. The results of this retrospective study attest, in general, to the value of total parenteral nutrition and, in particular, to the value of the lipid system which appears equally effective, at least in a subset of patients with fistulas.
Volume
150
Issue
6
First Page
856
Last Page
858
ISSN
0039-6087
Published In/Presented At
Silberman, H., Granson, M., Fong, G., Hyde, J., & Freehauf, M. (1980). Management of external gastrointestinal fistulas with glucose and lipids. Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics, 150(6), 856–858.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6769169
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article