Management Of Vesicouterine Fistulae During "Fistulae Surgical Caravan" in Cote D'ivoire

Laparoscopic repair for vesicouterine fistulae.

Vesicouterine fistulae (VUF) comprise 2-9% of all cases of urogenital fistulae. Only 5% of patients respond to conservative management, whereas other patients require definitive surgical repair (1). Although laparoscopy provides better visualization through magnification, this technique is difficult to learn. We hypothesized that the experience gained through other pelvic laparoscopic procedure...

Surgical management of traumatic cardiac fistulae.

Endoscopic Management of Gastrointestinal Fistulae.

A gastrointestinal fistula is a common occurrence, especially after surgery. Patients who develop a fistula may have an infection, surgically altered anatomy, nutritional deficiency, or organ failure, making surgical revision more difficult. With advancements in flexible endoscopic devices and technology, new endoscopic options are available for the management of gastrointestinal fistulae. Endo...

Surgical techniques for the management of enteroatmospheric fistulae.

BACKGROUND An intestinal fistula in the "open abdomen" is called "enteroatmospheric" and is a great challenge for the surgeon because of the high mortality and morbidity rates associated with it. This report is a study of the surgical strategy for treating patients with enteroatmospheric fistulae. METHODS During a 3-year period (2005-2007), two males and one female patient with a mean age of ...

Surgical management of giant aneurysms complicating arteriovenous fistulae.

The creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is frequently used to achieve easier access for haemodialysis in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. The most frequent late complication of AVFs is aneurysm formation, which carries the risk of spontaneous rupture. This study reports on 18 patients with giant aneurysms that developed on antebrachial AVFs who were operated on over a period of...