What are fistulas used for?

Fistula is a common surgery in general surgery, mainly for the treatment of digestive system diseases, used for esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, intestinal obstruction, colon cancer, colon perforation, as well as rectal cancer and other diseases, most of which are used for the palliative treatment of tumors, due to the inability to completely remove the tumor. In order to improve the patient’s quality of life and prolong the patient’s life, and choose a surgical method, there is another situation is due to trauma or intestinal preparation is not enough temporary fistula, wait until the patient is stable, and at the same time well prepared line anastomosis treatment. The method of fistula surgery is mainly to directly open the proximal end of the intestine in the abdomen, stool can be directly discharged from the fistula in the abdomen, which is conducive to the recovery of the distal intestine. Specific care after fistula surgery is to change the fistula bag in time, pay attention to the hygienic treatment of the fistula opening to avoid causing bacterial infection. Maintain good living habits, regular review.