Vesico-Rectal Fistula

Name of disease: Vesico-rectal fistula

Etiology The cause is most often various inflammatory diseases of the large intestine, surgery on the abdominal organs, strangulation or rupture of Meckel's diverticulum and others. Manipulations of the pelvic organs: rectal amputation, colostomy, etc.

Pathogenesis Etiology determines the localization of the fistula - the area of ​​​​the connection between the middle part of the rectum and the bladder. Through a place under the mucous membrane unprotected by granulation tissue, in loose tissue, in the area of ​​the anastomosis or outside it, a communication is established between the lumens of the urine