“Enterocutaneous Fistula (ECF) is defined as an abnormal connection between the gastrointestinal tract and the skin, and it requires labor-intensive medical management and surgical expertise. Complex wound management, severe malnutrition, frequent infectious complications, chronic pain, and depression require significant investment of health care resources and make the short-term and longterm care of these patients difficult. The
subsequent operative management often requires lengthy procedures in hostile abdomens with abundant adhesions and surrounding inflammation. In addition to the significant risk of mortality, morbidity can be equally as devastating.”

“Enterocutaneous Fistula (ECF) is defined as an abnormal connection between the gastrointestinal tract and the skin, and it requires labor-intensive medical management and surgical expertise. Complex wound management, severe malnutrition, frequent infectious complications, chronic pain, and depression require significant investment of health care resources and make the short-term and long-term care of these patients difficult.”