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  • Title: Treatment of massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage from aortoenteric fistula.
    Author: Mehta AI, McDowell DE, James EC.
    Journal: Surg Gynecol Obstet; 1978 Jan; 146(1):59-62. PubMed ID: 303814.
    Abstract:
    Massive hemorrhage of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract presents a formidable crisis in surgical management. The preoperative diagnosis should be suspected in patients with a vascular prosthesis or primary abdominal aortic aneurysm. The characteristic signs and symptoms represent the triad of a pulsatile mass in the upper part of the abdomen, intermittent hemorrhage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract and severe epigastralgia not relieved by antacids. No ideal operative technique has evolved for correcting the abnormal physiopathologic condition. Our recent experience with three patients highlights the problems of unremitting sepsis and recurrent fistulization.
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