Background and Objectives: Arteriovenous fistula is a popular vascular access method for surgical treatment of hemodialysis patients. The method, however, is associated with a high rate of early failure varying in the range of 20-60%. Predicting early Arteriovenous fistula failure and its risk factors can help reduce its incidence, its hospitalization rate, and associated costs. In this study, ...

congenital   aortocaval   fistula in association with complex congenital heart disease has never been described before. we represent an adult with tetralogy of fallot and an undiagnosed subclavian artery to superior vena cava fistula in previous catheterisms. he underwent surgical correction, successfully. after 8 months post operation he was doing well with improved functional capacity and no ...

BACKGROUND Obstetric fistula is a debilitating birth injury that affects an estimated 2-3 million women globally, most in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The urinary and/or fecal incontinence associated with fistula affects women physically, psychologically and socioeconomically. Surgical management of fistula is available with clinical success rates ranging from 65-95 %. Previous research on fist...

BACKGROUND A patent arteriovenous (AV) fistula induces activation of regional vascular endothelium and vascular shear force. Shear stress is an important physiological force in mobilizing endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). This study aimed to explore the perioperative changes of circulating EPC levels for patients who require hemodialysis and underwent radiocephalic fistula operation. METHO...

BACKGROUND Pneumonectomy is still a high-risk surgical procedure. Postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula is an especially severe complication with a high mortality rate. Although several reports have discussed risk factors for early bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy, only a few have reported them for late bronchopleural fistula. We reviewed cases of late bronchopleural fistula after ...

BACKGROUND Obstetric fistula is a worldwide problem that is devastating for women in developing countries. The cardinal cause of obstetric fistula is prolonged obstructed labour and delay in seeking emergency obstetric care. Awareness about obstetric fistula is still low in developing countries. The objective was to assess the awareness about risk factors of obstetric fistulae in rural communit...

Colocutaneous fistula caused by diverticulitis is relatively rare, and a delayed recrudescent case of colocutaneous fistula is very uncommon. We herein report a rare case of a Japanese 56-year-old male with delayed recrudescent sigmoidocutaneous fistula due to diverticulitis. A colocutaneous fistula was formed after a drainage operation against a perforation of the sigmoid colon diverticulum. A...

BACKGROUND Bronchopleural fistula is a potentially fatal complication of pulmonary resections, especially pneumonectomy. METHODS Univariate and multivariate analyses of the development of bronchopleural fistula were performed in 12 patients with bronchopleural fistula and 102 patients without bronchopleural fistula who had undergone pneumonectomy from January 1983 through December 2005. RES...

OBJECTIVES Report of an unusual case of pancreatic fistula in a child. BACKGROUND Pancreatic diseases are relatively uncommon in the pediatric age group, with a rather heterogeneous clinical picture from generic abdominal distension to massive pleural effusion. CLINICAL RELEVANCE The amylase analysis of pleural liquid is crucial for the etiologic diagnosis of pancreatitis with internal panc...

Esophageal fistula is a critical adverse event in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for locally advanced esophageal cancer. However, risk factors associated with esophageal fistula formation in patients receiving CRT have not yet been elucidated.We retrospectively analyzed data obtained from 140 patients who were enrolled in a phase II/III trial comparing low-dose cisplatin with sta...