A fecal fistula in patient who underwent an abdomino-perineal resection with a continent magnetic prosthesis: observations on an obsolete technique

The Authors consider a case of a patient who underwent an abdominal-perineal resection and presented a fecal fistula as a late complication of a magnetic prosthesis implant. After a revision of the literature, the Authors evaluate the reasons for abandoning this surgical technique of continence many years ago, underlying not only the complications observed during the experimentation but also the lack of those benefits for which this technique was proposed.