Secondary aortoenteric fistula (SAF) is an uncommon but very important complication of abdominal aortic reconstruction. The complication often occurs months to years after aortic surgery. The clinical ...

A bronchopleural fistula involves an abnormal passageway or connection between the pleural cavity and the airways in the lungs. The condition can lead to symptoms like shortness of breath and coughing ...

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 ...

A dissolvable plug delivered stem cell therapy with few side effects in patients with single tract perianal fistulas, researchers discovered. A dissolvable plug delivered stem cell therapy with few ...

Justin Field, MD, assistant clinical professor in the division of gastroenterology at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses the baseline characteristics in the case: "Our patient is a ...

A rectovaginal fistula develops when an abnormal tunnel forms between the vagina and rectum inside a woman’s body. This opening allows waste material and gas to pass from the rectum into the vagina, ...