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 ...

Data showing that extended bladder catheterization is not necessary after simple female genital fistula repair have been published in The Lancet. Traditionally, a 14 day duration of catheterization ...

A colovesical fistula is an open connection between the colon and bladder. A thick wall of tissue normally separates the two. Fecal matter from the colon can enter the bladder through this colovesical ...

What is a Vesicovaginal Fistula? A vesicovaginal fistula is an abnormal communication between the urinary bladder and the vagina in female patients that results in urine leaking out uncontrollably ...

Tubularized incised plate (TIP) urethroplasty is an increasingly popular means of hypospadias repair. It is usually effective, but in as many as 17% of cases urethrocutaneous fistulas develop after ...

Esophageal atresia (EA) is a condition in which a baby’s food tube (esophagus) and stomach don’t connect because the tube didn’t form all the way before birth. This makes it impossible for your baby ...

A 70-year-old man who was visiting Boston came to the emergency room in January 1998 with pain in his left shoulder that radiated to his neck. The hematocrit was 16 percent. His medical history ...

Editor’s Note: “Life’s Work” features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of medicine. The names of some fistula patients have been changed to protect their privacy. It’s ...

Obstetric fistula is a preventable and treatable condition. Basic medical care for a pregnant woman with immediate attention to any labor pains can help prevent injury and fistula formation during ...

I chose not to have children, yet several communities where I have worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo know me as Maman Ashley. This is how core to womanhood motherhood is. The way we ...