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Urethro-Vaginal Fistulas - Treatment
Surgical treatment of urethrovaginal fistulas is shown in following material. A urethrovaginal fistula is an abnormal passageway between female urethra and vagina. The fistula most often develops after...
Fistula Prevention In Hypospadias Repair
The following material demonstrates a dartos flap for fistula prevention in the Snodgrass hypospadias repair. The Snodgrass technique is the procedure of choice for distal/midshaft hypospadias, as it...
Stent In Esophagus - Placement
Postoperative fistula may be an indication for esophageal stenting. Esophageal fistulas can develop a connection between the skin (esophagocutaneous fistulas), the trachea (esophagotracheal fistulas)...
Duodenal Bleeding From Aortoduodenal Fistula....
A rare complication of aortic graft implantation may be aortoenteric fistula and gastointestinal bleeding as the result. Other symptoms are amdominal pain, anemia, fever or dark feaces. Endoscopy, aortography,...
Recto-vaginal Fistula (3 of 3)
The image and the video display a colonoscopy being performed from the rectum and through the colostomy. For more details download the video clip.
Recto-vaginal Fistula (2 of 3)
Recto-Vaginal fistula due to cervix carcinoma. Patient has colostomy in asa. Radiation used in the treatment of pelvic malignancies may result in RVF. Fistulas that occur during therapy are usually...
Recto-vaginal Fistula (1 of 3)
Patient has Cervical Cancer, developed a rectovaginal fistula. The most common etiology is obstetric injury, followed by radiation injury, inflammatory bowel disease ([IBD], most often Crohn disease),...
Partial Dehiscence of Suturing with Gastro-cutaneous...
The tip of the Foley catheter is observed and moved to assessed the diameter of the fistula.
Partial Dehiscence of Suturing with Gastro-cutaneous...
The gastrectomy anastomosis is appreciated in the image and the video clip, observing the loose stitches. The Foley’s catheter was placed to demonstrates the fistolous tract.
Partial Dehiscence of Suturing with Gastro-cutaneous...
A 67 year-old female that underwent a partial gastrectomy due to gastric carcinoma of the antrum. The image and the video clip display a Foley´s catheter observed the insuflated balloon.
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Pneumaturia and fecaluria may be intermittent and must be carefully sought in the history. Pneumaturia occurs in approximately 60% of patients but is nonspecific because it can be caused by gas-producing...
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Colovesical fistulae primarily result from diverticular disease. Ileovesical fistulae are most likely associated with Crohn disease. Rectovesical fistulae are more common in the setting of trauma or...
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
The incidence of fistulae in patients with diverticular disease, the most common cause of colovesical fistula, is generally accepted to be 2%, although referral centers have reported higher percentages....
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Colonoscopy, is not particularly valuable in detecting a fistula, but it is helpful in determining the nature of the bowel disease that caused the fistula and is typically part of the evaluation....