The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...

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 ...

Esophageal fistula (EF) is a rare but serious complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), with high mortality. Partly because of its rarity, numbers on its incidence, management, ...

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 ...

When a fistula is especially severe, it may result in a CSF leak, as the perilymph of the inner ear is contiguous with spinal fluid. CSF leaks mainly are a consequence of head injury or surgery (for ...

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 ...

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 ...