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Do Patient-Reported Quality-of-Life (QoL) Scales Provide an Adequate Assessment of Patients with Cryptoglandular Anal Fistulae? A Systematic Review of Measurement Instruments and Their Content Validity

open access: yesClinics and Practice, 2022
Background: Cryptoglandular anal fistulae can significantly affect patient quality of life (QoL), making it essential to ensure that any study of fistula treatment assesses the impact on QoL.
Nusrat Iqbal   +3 more
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Pericardioesophageal Fistula [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Chest pain immediately after atrial fibrillation ablation is seen essentially with every case, and we counsel the patients that it is expected. On the other hand, delayed chest pain is not always expected and usually points towards a procedure complication, as shown in this case.
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A Painful Fistula [PDF]

open access: yesCirculation, 2011
A native arteriovenous fistula is the vascular access of choice for hemodialysis. After successful renal transplantation, fistulae are commonly closed to omit volume load by fistulae with high blood flow. During this intervention, the continuity between artery and vein needs to be transected to prevent spontaneous revascularization. A 35-year-old white
Schwegler, I, Segerer, S
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Building a country-wide Fistula Treatment Network in Kenya: results from the first six years (2014-2020)

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
It is estimated that one million women worldwide live with untreated fistula, a devastating injury primarily caused by prolonged obstructed labor when women do not have access to timely emergency obstetric care.
Lindsey Pollaczek   +2 more
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Urinary tract reconstruction for iatrogenic fistula secondary to radical hysterectomy: Cases from Malawi’s Fistula Care Center

open access: yesGynecologic Oncology Reports, 2023
Complications from radical hysterectomy in low-income countries (LICs) are largely unreported in the medical literature. We report on three cases of urinary tract reconstruction performed at the Fistula Care Center (FCC) in Lilongwe, Malawi for ...
Jennifer Draganchuk   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical management of rape survivors

open access: yesSouth Sudan Medical Journal, 2023
Sexual violence is a worldwide problem that requires a multipronged approach to provide survivors with the basic needs they require. Healthcare workers must know how to manage rape survivors to provide medical care, psychosocial first aid, and referral ...
Koma Akim
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of asymptomatic bacteriuria among women with pelvic organ prolapse in Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is the herniation of pelvic organs from its anatomical confines, and it is of considerable importance to the practicing gynaecologist in middle and low income countries. It is commonly associated with, urinary tract
K. C. Ekwedigwe   +7 more
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Burden of disease and adaptation to life in patients with Crohn’s perianal fistula: a qualitative exploration

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Background Perianal fistulas are a challenging manifestation of Crohn’s disease. Best medical and surgical therapy results in only about a third of patients remaining in remission at one year on maintenance treatment and sustained healing is often ...
Samuel O. Adegbola   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fistula gastrocólica [PDF]

open access: yesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 1999
A case of gastrocolic fistula(GCF) in a patient with duodenal stenosis who had previously undergone gastroenteric anastomosis is reported. The patient went through hemigastrectomy, partial colectomy and segmental enterectomy with bloc resection. Reconstruction was carried out through Billroth II gastrojejunostomy, jejunojejunostomy and end-to-end ...
Henriques, Alexandre Cruz   +2 more
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