Fistulae Involving Rectum and Urethra: the Place of Parks's Operations

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1983.tb03411.x
• Publication Date: 2008-11-21T21:22:50Z
• Authors: R. C. TIPTAFT; R. W. MOTSON; A. J. COSTELLO; A. M. I. PARIS; J. P. BLANDY
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Vesicovaginal Fistula; Urinary Fistula; Middle Aged; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Urethral Diseases; Methods; Humans; Rectal Fistula; Female

Summary— Twenty‐five rectovesical and rectourethral fistulae were treated over an 18–year period in which various methods for closing the rectal side of the fistula were developed, ultimately with two techniques using the full thickness of intestine. As a result of these operations the management of the urethral and vesical side of the fistulae became a relatively simple problem to which standard techniques could be applied.