[A Case of Rectovaginal Fistula after Rectal Cancer Surgery That Was Conservatively Cured by Hormone Therapy].
A 76-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer. On postoperative day 13, she was found to have a rectovaginal fistula. She underwent ileostomy, but the fistula was still present 2 months later. Oral administration of estriol tablets was started as hormone therapy, and the fistula was closed 1.5 months later. This case illustrates that hormone therapy with estriol may be a treatment option for rectovaginal fistulas after rectal surgery.
Authors
- Hironari Miyamoto
- Takahiro Toyokawa
- Toshiyuki Sumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-5878)
- Kishu Kitayama
- Kenji Kuroda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0152-3319)
- Shigeru Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5610-864X)
- Kiyoshi Maeda
- Yuichiro Miki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0116-0922)
- Masatsune Shibutani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2164-7394)
- Tomoyuki Ichimura
- Hiroaki Kasashima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-6711)
- Mami Yoshii
- Tatsuro Tamura
- Takemi Ishidate
- Tatsunari Hukuoka
Institutions
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- Primary Topic
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00