HIGH costs of treatment for obstetric fistula, often exceeding two million shillings, prevent most affected women in low-income backgrounds from seeking help, an activist has declared. Clement Ndahani ...

Radiofrequency ablation. The doctor uses catheters to send radiofrequency energy (similar to microwave heat) that makes circular scars around each vein or group of veins. Cryoablation.

Benefits of Humacyte's Acellular Tissue Engineered Vessel Over Autologous Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) in High-Risk Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Observed in Data Presented in Plenary Session ...

The “open vein hypothesis” postulates that early thrombus clearance and restoration of venous blood flow may prevent postthrombotic syndrome after proximal deep vein thrombosis. Since its proposal ...

Finally, endothelial genetic mutations affecting angiogenesis are examined to consider their probable role in the development of three types of congenital brain arteriovenous fistulas: vein of Galen ...

Optimal technical results (delivery of embolic agent proximal to the site of the fistula) were achieved in 36 of 40 subjects. Two patients required re-treatment for persistence of the fistula after ...

Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of adalimumab in the healing of draining fistulas in patients with active Crohn’s ...

The child was stillborn and she developed obstetric fistula. 16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures before finally ...

A team of researchers from Italy reported early-stage primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and acquired high-flow post-biopsy hepatic arterioportal fistulas, causing clinically significant portal ...

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease, yet its long-term patency is threatened by neointimal hyperplasia (NIH). N ...

The incidence of sternal wound complications, such as dehiscences, infections, and sternocutaneous fistulas, can reach 10%. Sternocutaneous fistulas are extremely rare, and the only definite therapy ...