OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the results of one-stage surgical treatment of colo-vesical fistulas. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 24 patients (16 males and 8 females) were treated for colo-vesical fistula by this technique. Sigmoid diverticulosis represented the commonest aetiology. In our study, cystoscopy was the most useful modality for the diagnosis of fistula. RESULTS: No deaths and no recurrent fistulas were observed. However, one case of peritonitis secondary to dehiscence of the colo-colonic anastomosis in a patient suffering from Crohn's disease and two wall abscesses in diabetic patients were observed. CONCLUSION: The morbidity and mortality rates after one-stage treatment of colo-vesical fistulas were low. This method not only improves the patient's quality of life, but is also less expensive, by avoiding a second hospitalisation and can be proposed as first-line treatment.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the results of one-stage surgical treatment of colo-vesical fistulas. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 24 patients (16 males and 8 females) were treated for colo-vesical fistula by this technique. Sigmoid diverticulosis represented the commonest aetiology. In our study, cystoscopy was the most useful modality for the diagnosis of fistula. RESULTS: No deaths and no recurrent fistulas were observed. However, one case of peritonitis secondary to dehiscence of the colo-colonic anastomosis in a patient suffering from Crohn's disease and two wall abscesses in diabeticpatients were observed. CONCLUSION: The morbidity and mortality rates after one-stage treatment of colo-vesical fistulas were low. This method not only improves the patient's quality of life, but is also less expensive, by avoiding a second hospitalisation and can be proposed as first-line treatment.