Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M Majerović.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, as the innovative surgical procedure of gallbladder removal was accepted in our Centre as a significant progress in the surgical treatment of gallbladder disease. Our experience, after the first thirty-two cases, is that a well prepared surgical team and trained surgeons provide procedure performance with insignificant number of complications.
In this paper, the authors present the definition, etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and preparations for the surgical treatment of colovaginal fistulas. A ten year experience with 11 female patients with colovaginal fistulas divided according to the causes is reviewed. The fistulas commonly resulted from the surgical treatment, radiotherapy, parturition injuries and Crohn's disease. In the discussion, each group is evaluated with respect to the therapeutic procedure giving some general remarks on this rare clinical condition. Besides the surgical treatment of the fistula, in most cases, the contemporary colostomy is required.