Repeated dialysis needling can cause painful aneurysmal fistulas that must be removed. A new, minimally invasive approach will decrease morbidity amonghemodialysis patients and help improve their ...

It is uncommon for an anal fistula to heal spontaneously. In most cases, surgery is required to treat the condition. The type and technique of surgery will depend on the classification and situation ...

Surgery is required in the vast majority of cases of anal fistula. It is usually a simple procedure that can be undertaken in day surgery, and most patients can return home shortly after the operation ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwell’s Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) is the first medical center in the United States to perform surgery using the newly FDA-cleared BioHealx ...

One big challenge of being a foreign correspondent is to make the foreign less foreign, especially on issues that might seem esoteric or irrelevant to an American audience. The challenge was all the ...

Migori County First Lady Dr Agnes Ayacko and Safaricom Foundation Chairman Joe Ogutu engage with a patient who received free fistula reconstructive surgery during the Migori Fistula Camp at Migori ...

Fistulas are small tunnels that form between two organs or an organ and the surface of your body. They’re due to inflammation from your Crohn’s disease, which causes sores to form on your intestinal ...

Every year, an estimated 845 women in Ghana develop obstetric fistula, a severe and preventable childbirth injury that leaves ...

Roughly one million women in the developing world suffer from obstetric fistula, an injury that results from inadequate medical care and causes incontinence. But beyond the physical effects, the ...