Fistulas are an abnormal connection between two body parts. In Crohn’s patients they form as tunnels within the walls of the intestine and connect to other organs or tissue, causing pain and infection ...

Fistula - Abnormal connection between one hollow organ and another or the surface of the skin (cutaneous). Inner ear - part of the ear that contains both the organ of hearing (the cochlea) and the ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford, have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas—painful, tunnel-like tracts that develop in around 30% of ...

A colovesical fistula is an abnormal connection that develops between the colon and the bladder. It can result from diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease, or another gastrointestinal condition. Read on to ...

Who is Sharon? I'm a mother of two, a lawyer by profession and a teacher. I am also an ambassador of women with fistula. You founded "the save of a woman fistula foundation", what prompted you to ...

Background There is an ongoing debate about the best closure technique after distal pancreatectomy (DP). The aim of the closure is to prevent the formation of a clinically relevant post-operative ...

The prevalence of obstetric fistula in communities is a big shame to the medical field in Uganda and reflects a vacuum, the health ministry has said. Ministry acting commissioner in charge of clinical ...

Who is Sharon? I'm a mother of two, a lawyer by profession and a teacher. I am also an ambassador of women with fistula. You founded "the save of a woman fistula foundation", what prompted you to ...