Fistula surgery recovery takes time. After this type of outpatient surgery, a person will need rest before they can return to their usual activities. While a fistula can happen anywhere in the body, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aortocaval fistula and abdominal aortic aneurysm management represent challenging yet rapidly evolving fields in vascular surgery. An aortocaval fistula, an anomalous conduit between the aorta and the ...

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 ...

A fistula is an abnormal hole in the bowel or the bladder. A recto-urethral fistula is a hole between the urethra (urinary channel) and the rectum. This hole leads to leakage of urine into the rectum ...

Obstetric fistulas are socially debilitating injuries that often occur when there are no options for emergency intervention (e.g., C-sections) in the setting of prolonged labor. Due to necrosis from ...

A randomized phase I study of the humanized anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody EMD 72000 in subjects with advanced gastrointestinal cancers ...