When the bowel meets the bladder: Optimal management of colorectal pathology with urological involvement

Table 5 Summary of current evidences for bladder management in enterovesical fistulae resection

Ref.	Sample size (n)	Fistula type	Intra-operative bladder management	Cystogram	Catheter removal (d)	Urine leak (n)
Walker et al[5]	19	Mixed; inflammatory: 15; malignant: 3; traumatic: 1	Bladder defect not repaired; one partial cystectomy for locally advanced sigmoid tumour	Not specified	10	1; post partial cystectomy for locally advanced sigmoid tumour
Ferguson et al[62]	74	Benign	Bladder defect repaired if visible/palpable; simple closure: 15; curettage and suture: 4; omental flap: 5	Not performed	7	0
de Moya et al[66]	45	Benign	Simple bladder closure: 37; complex bladder repair: 8	19 performed; simple repair = 12; complex repair = 5; all negative	Early catheter removal (</= 7 d): 15; late catheter removal (> 7 d): 30	0
Dolejs et al[68]	89	Benign	Bladder repair: 66; simple closure: 48; partial cystectomy and closure: 18; omental flap: 36	67 performed; 4 positive	No bladder leak: 8 d (6-11); bladder leak: 36 (31-43)	5