abdominal repair of vesico-vaginal and ureterohystrectomy/LSCS) was the major cause of VVF, vaginal fistulae. accounting for 66.66 % (18 patients), while in Methodology: This prospective descriptive study remaining 33.33% (9 patients) the obstructed and was conducted in the Departments of Surgery, prolonged labor were the cause. All fistulae Gynecology and Urology, Ghulam Mohammad healed succes...

Aims: To review the aetiology and success of transvaginal repair in simple vesicovaginal fistula cases. Objective: To review the aetiology and success of transvaginal three layer repair with delayed absorbable suture material in simple vesicovaginal fistulae cases. Design: Prospective study. Place and duration of study: This study was carried out in DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad over a period of eig...

Aims: To analyse retrospectively all cases of spontaneous salivary fistulae studied by radiological imaging from January 1999 to December 2011. Salivary fistulae are uncommon; they could be congenital or acquired caused by injury, neoplasm, surgery or may represent a rare long-term complication of sialolithiasis and/or recurrent sialoadenitis. Materials and methods: We retrospectively report ou...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the effectiveness of commercially available fibrin glue in closing fistulae in ano. METHODS A prospective nonrandomized trial was performed on 19 patients admitted to King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period December 2000 to November 2001. Two of the patients had multiple fistulae making a total of 21 fistulae. Patients w...

BACKGROUND Conservative surgery (cyst evacuation and partial pericystectomy) for hydatid cysts of the liver is known to be safe but is often associated with bile leak and its sequelae. METHODS Case records of 86 patients undergoing surgery for hydatid cysts of the liver at a tertiary-care center in northern India over a 14-year period were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Sixteen (18%) pat...

Arterio-ureteral fistulae are abnormal connections between an artery and the ureter and carry a high mortality. We present two cases of arterio-ureteral fistulae that presented with life-threatening hematuria. Both patients were treated with endovascular covered stent placement.

BACKGROUND We report a patient with cytogenetically confirmed Fanconi anaemia with associated diffuse bilateral pulmonary arterio-venous fistulae. This is only the second reported case of diffuse pulmonary arterio-venous fistulae with Fanconi anaemia. CASE PRESENTATION A 16 year old Sri Lankan boy, with a cytogenetically confirmed Fanconi anaemia was admitted to University Medical Unit, Natio...

Cannulation of arteriovenous fistulae is technically more challenging than cannulation of arteriovenous grafts. With the advent of the National Vascular Improvement Initiative, Fistula First, the United States has seen an increase in the number of arteriovenous fistulae. The problem we now face is how to refocus and reeducate nurses to the intricacies of arteriovenous fistula cannulation. Throu...

Communication between the maxillary sinus and oral cavity is a common complica‐ tion in oral surgery. It results mainly from maxillary premolar and molar extractions when the sinus floor is close to the tooth apex. It can also occur after an infection involving the maxillary teeth, invasion of the sinus cavity by a cyst or carcinoma, trauma, the Caldwell-Luc operation, or other dentoalveolar or...

OBJECTIVE To analyze characteristics, clinical evolution and surgical techniques of oroantral communication (OAC). STUDY DESIGN We included all patients operated at the University Central Hospital (Oviedo, Spain) between 1996 and 2007. The variables assessed were age, sex, medical history, OAC size, sinus disease, surgical technique, duration of hospitalization and post-surgical evolution. ...