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Benign bowel disease
A case report of a colouterine fistula treatment: when the patient chooses the steeplechase
Stefano Pontone, Pier Giorgio Nardis, Chiara Eberspacher, Domenico Mascagni
Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):366-370.   Published online August 9, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/ac.2021.00318.0045
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Colouterine fistula is a rare disease that is primarily treated using surgical approaches. Although invasive surgery is controversial in terms of techniques and results, minimally invasive endoscopic treatments have not been widely described. However, because it is rare for these fistulas to close spontaneously, surgical treatment is often mandatory. Appropriate management of colouterine fistula is complicated, especially when the patient refuses surgery. In this case study, we provide the first description of a minimally invasive endoscopic treatment of an iatrogenic colouterine fistula using a self-expandable metallic stent after an over-the-scope clip malposition.
Malignant disease
Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery: Endoscopy Assisted Treatment of Colorectal Anastomotic Stenosis
Giancarlo D'Ambrosio, Antonietta Lamazza, Rossella Palma, Andrea Picchetto, Cristina Panetta, Antonello Trecca, Stefano Pontone, Emanuele Lezoche
Ann Coloproctol. 2020;36(4):285-288.   Published online March 16, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/ac.2019.09.30.3
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Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a type of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, developed for rectal tumors and used also to treat other rectal diseases. Anastomotic complications after colorectal surgery, including stenosis, represent a challenging problem. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease that was submitted to a modified Duhamel operation. A postoperative barium enema showed a complete stricture of the anastomosis that was impossible to resolve by flexible endoscopic approach. Then an intraoperative endoscopic approach to facilitate the localization of preanastomotic colon (proximal colon from the anastomosis) was performed by a small colotomy and the colonic recanalization was obtained by the creation of a neo-anastomosis by TEM, under fluoroscopic-endoscopic control. The patient underwent a control barium enema showing regular retrograde transit of contrast medium without evidence of stenosis. In our experience, transanal approach by TEM-colonoscopy assisted is safe and feasible and represents a model of combined minimally invasive technique.

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