Anal fistulas can be painful and persistent. Here’s what causes them and the best treatment options to manage or eliminate ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, an anal fistula often develops as a complication of an anal abscess, which is an infected ...

Various conditions that affect different organ systems can result in fistula formation. Lacrimal fistulas are rare developmental conditions that affect the lacrimal ducts between the eyes and the ...

Nobody knows the right answer yet as to how to create a fistula that will work every time." Hemodialysis requires a high blood-flow rate from the patient to the dialysis machine, where the blood ...

Due to necrosis from obstruction, women suffer from fecal or urinary incontinence secondary to fistula formation between the vaginal tract and the nearby rectum or urethra. This population of patients ...

(HealthDay News) — Caudal regional anesthesia seems not to be associated with urethrocutaneous fistula formation in pediatric patients undergoing primary hypospadias repair, according to a study ...

BARCELONA, Spain—Esophageal fistula formation remains a rare but deadly complication following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the risk is mostly restricted to ablations done with ...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celularity Inc. (Nasdaq: CELU) (“Celularity”), a biotechnology company developing placental-derived ...

The very large Prognosis Following Oesophageal Fistula Formation in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for AF (POTTER AF) study has provided some of those data, documenting a 65.8% mortality ...

Up to half of all patients with an anal abscess will develop an anal fistula. The formation of an anal fistula is more likely to occur if: the abscess bursts before treatment the fluid is not ...