An aortoenteric fistula is a rare but life threatening complication of aortic surgery requiring immediate surgical repair. Early symptoms include abdominal pain or vomiting blood. A fistula is an ...

“In thousands of fistula repair procedures around the world, the Biodesign Fistula Plug has achieved significant success rates in treating the most painful and complex fistulas,” said Andy ...

A doctor may then close the fistula, repair or remove the damaged blood vessel, or create a bypass. Endovascular surgery has fewer risks and less pain postsurgery and may result in quicker ...

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 ...

Women with fistula: ... infection and resulting stigma that a $300 surgery could fix. By Kate Harding. Published November 2, 2009 3:03PM ... and fistula repair is easily accessed when necessary.

Only about a dozen doctors in Nigeria are skilled enough to perform the intricate fistula repair surgery, like Dr. Sunday Lengmang, a surgeon at the ECWA Evangel VVF Center in Jos.

Blog - Jackline Chiwinga remembered the euphoria of waking up to dry bedding after her successful obstetric fistula repair surgery. Seventeen years old and married, for one year, she lived with ...