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...

Coronary arteriosystemic fistula which drains into the left ventricular cavity is a rare congenital anomaly. A case of double fistulae between the left anterior descending and left circumflex coronary arteries and left ventricular cavity is presented. The patient's chief complaint, chest pain, was attributable to the "steal phenomenon."

Congenital anomalies of the first branchial cleft are rare. Approximately 32 cases of cervicoauricular fistulae have been reported in the past hundred years: this includes the writer's own case in this review. The majority of sinuses and fistulae derived from the lateral cervical vestiges are concerned with the second pharyngeal pouch and its corresponding cleft. Auricular and pre-auricular fis...

OBJECTIVES Liquid manure systems and manure pits are major hazards in the agricultural workplace. The incidence of accidents related to manure is unknown. The objective of this study was to survey the liquid manure facilities of farms in eastern Switzerland and find the incidence of accidents related to manure in the region. METHODS Retrospective cohort study and cross sectional survey of 210...