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Tract Occlusion for Treatment

GEORGE L. JORDAN, JR., MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1964;88(4):540-546.

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When one encounters an opening through which there is loss of fluid and valuable minerals, the natural inclination is to place a plug into it. Consequently, it is not surprising that some of the earliest attempts to treat gastroenteric fistulas utilized this principle. According to Ochsner, Reyband advocated insertion of wood or ivory plates into the fistulous opening as early as 1827, and in 1842 Kleybolte described two leather discs connected by a thread which were used for this purpose.⁴ During the ensuing 100 years, plugging of the external opening of an enteric fistula was advocated from time to time. The plugs were made of various materials including ordinary gauze packing, wet cotton, iodoform gauze, and substances such as chewing gum which could be readily molded to fit the opening.^1,2 Some authors have reported the use of equipment made specifically for this purpose. Stone in 1941 described a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HOUSTON

From the Cora and Webb Mading Department of Surgery, Baylor University College of Medicine, and the Ben Taub General and Veterans Administration Hospitals.

Footnotes
Read before the 71st Annual Session of the Western Surgical Association, Galveston, Tex, Nov 21-23, 1963.

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