A modified abstructingpressing therapy done on 14 patients with high or low external intestinal fistulas following postoperative infection after abdominal operations was reported. The results showed that high or low external intestinal fistulas could be cured by the combined method of obstruction and compression. This therapy decreased the mortality rate, saved the patients from the risk period and shortened curing course of treatment. Finally the characteristics, the surgical procedure, precautions and advantages of the method were disscussed.
