An aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm that requires immediate surgical repair. Doctors can choose to treat it with either open or endovascular surgery. An ...

Each afternoon—after neighbors in her village compound in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in Nigeria’s coastal region, had gone out for the day—Imaobong Dickson would sneak out of her home to wash pieces of ...

HER miracle came decades later. In all those years, she never lost hope. Now 67, Gogo Esther Maxaba is a true example of resilience. Married off at a very young age and never attended school, she fled ...

Sharon Korir. Her experience with Obstetric fistula was physically and mentally challenging. [File, Standard] Obstetric fistula is one of the most tormenting conditions that women undergo not only in ...

Through an anal fistulotomy procedure, the doctor will open and drain the fistula to help it heal. In most cases, surgery is the best treatment for the condition. This procedure is different from ...

A human rights lawyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and two world-class surgeons are rallying evangelicals to defeat fistula. A fistula develops when bladder or rectal tissue is damaged during ...

In a nationwide cohort study from Sweden using prospectively collected data in national health registers of all hysterectomies performed on benign indications between 1973 and 2003, [34] the rate of ...

Background A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a 1-year history of mild dyspnea. Investigations Physical examination, chest radiography, electrocardiography, transthoracic ...

“I wasdepressed and ashamed to interact with friends and relatives because of fistula. My husband who was my source of support told me at one point that he almost abandoned me . I was not a happy ...