This article looks at the symptoms and causes of bronchopleural fistula, how common it is, and how it's diagnosed and treated ...

The middle ear normally is filled with air and doesn't contain any fluid. The most common cause of a perilymph fistula is ...

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A vesicovaginal fistula is an irregular opening between your bladder and vagina. This causes urine to leak out of your vagina. Usually, urine should only exit your body through your urethra (tube at ...

Only 2 of the 43 cases of vesico-vaginal fistulas in the UCLA review were due to obstetric causes; the remainder resulted from surgical complications or radiation therapy ( Table 2). In the UK ...

Perianal fistulas cause significant morbidity and diminish patients' quality of life. Consequences of perianal fistulas include perianal drainage, pain, abscess formation, dyschezia, dyspareunia ...

If it lasts long enough, this pressure can cause the tissue to die and small holes called fistulas to form. About 9,000 women develop fistulas each year in Ethiopia alone. If labor is not ...

Furthermore, Climate change and obstacles presented by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbate the root causes of fistula. Considering the complexities posed by these challenges ...

Fistula affects not only the women but also their marriages and social lives. "It causes infections which are recurrent until treated," Safina adds, noting that the condition often leads to broken ...

The major causes of cannula failure are clotting and ... we considered the possibility of creating an arteriovenous fistula surgically to assure a blood flow of 250 to 300 ml.

Eventually, the dead tissue comes away, leaving a fistula, which causes a constant leaking of urine and/or feces through the vagina. Dr Kisaka says fistulas take a huge toll on women's dignity.