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8. Vesicocolic Fistula
A vesicocolic fistula is an abnormal tract or passage between the colon and the bladder. Surgical repair of this track between the bowel, usually the sigmoid colon, and the bladder is done through a cut in the abdomen. Part of the bowel may need to be removed and the bladder sutured. It is the most common type of fistulous communication between the bladder and the gastrointestinal tract occurring more often in men than women with the 3:1 ratio. This allows air, gas, and bacteria to travel into the bladder.
Along with the bubbly urine, a person with vesicocolic fistula will have frequent infections. Symptoms of this disease may be similar to those of a UTI. Having this kind of disease may result in rare damage to the ureter, the tube bringing the urine from the kidney to the bladder. Difficulty in passing urine that may need a catheter to be left indwelling in the bladder.