A 53-year-old woman with end-stage kidney failure from IgA nephropathy has been treated with haemodialysis for 14 years via the left forearm arteriovenous fistula (AVF). In August 2007, she developed an area of skin necrosis at the puncture site of AVF that was soon covered with a callus-like wrap. The puncture site was removed distally. In January 2008, a horn-like structure started to grow fr...

OBJECTIVES To study the out come and benefits of an early surgical intervention in postoperative entero-cutaneous fistulae. METHODS It's a retrospective descriptive study conducted at department of surgery LUMHS from Jan 2001 to November 2008. Two hundred and thirteen (213) post-operative fistulae are included as study subjects while those due to inflammatory bowel diseases, road traffic acci...