Doctors accidentally attach man's colon to his bladder

[BenBurch]

Hmm well the proximity of the two are very close but the bladder has ureters entering it whereas the stump of the colon would not have ureters. I vote for a fistula between the stump of the colon and the bladder as the most likely explanation although who knows since they say that this type of problem has been previously documented.

He might have sutured them together causing a fistula.

 

[stup_id]

I'm with Dr Imago and TAM, even with the natural difficulties of looking into surgery, to anastomose two differents systems is very very hard, even trying to do it, the formation of fistulaew are by the way something not extremely rare, there are a lot of different disgustin fistulae, I've been myself witness of trasndermal fistulae (from a colostomy.. yep crapping troough her stomach) and vaginal fistula, crap... well i think you've got the idea...

Of course the demand still stands, since it could be caused by a bad surgery.. but disgusting as it may sound is not the horrible big negligence that people think if they are not informed in these medical topics

 

[Graham Jackman]

A fistula seems far more likely, when you consider that the rectal stump will have an opening, whereas the only internal access to the bladder would be the ureters, unless there had been some serious damage to the bladder. if you were to staple the colon to the bladder, you would be very constipated unless you create an opening.

 

[skeptifem]

oh my!

 

[Juustin]

oh my!

For some reason this response made me laugh when viewed together with your avatar.

All this "it could've happened naturally talk" scares the crap out of my (no pun intended). Diverticulitis/osis is very common in my extended family, and this would be my worst nightmare.

 

[T.A.M.]

While of course it is possible, to do what they said happened (mistake made during colostomy procedure), they would have had to visualize the bladder, mistake it for the stump (which would have easily identifiable scar tissue from the previous colostomy, as well as an appearance of rectal tissue), then OPEN UP THE BLADDER (thinking they were reopening the stump), and then connect the rest of the colon to it.

Seems VERY UNLIKELY.

TAM

 

[Molinaro]

Does this mean the English language now needs a word for a penile enema?