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  • Title: [Delayed appendico-cutaneous fistula--a rare complication of simple abdominal drainage].
    Author: Brünagel G, Decker P, Hirner A.
    Journal: Zentralbl Chir; 1996; 121(1):67-9. PubMed ID: 8852744.
    Abstract:
    Appendicocutaneous fistula represents a rare form of enterocutaneous fistulas, that can occur following acute appendicitis, drainage of a perityphlitic abscess or an appendectomy. This case report describes the unique occurrence of an appendicocutaneous fistula as complication of abdominal drainage in absence of one of the above mentioned diseases.
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