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Transanal opening of the intersphincteric space (TROPIS): a novel procedure on the horizon to effectively manage high complex anal fistulas [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology
Anal fistulas, especially complex and high fistulas, are difficult to manage. The transanal opening of the intersphincteric space (TROPIS) procedure was first described in 2017, and a high success rate of over 90% was reported in high complex fistulas ...
Pankaj Garg, Anvesha Mongia
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Ambulatory surgery for perianal Crohn’s disease. Study of feasibility [PDF]

, 2018
Background. One-third of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients present perianal fistula. The gold standard in the diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic perianal disease (PAD) in CD is the exploration of the anal canal and distal rectum under anesthesia (EUA ...
Arcudi, C., Biancone, L., Campanelli, M., Del Vecchio Blanco, G., Di Carlo, S., Di Giorgio, A., Divizia, A., Fiorani, C., Scaramuzzo, R., Sibio, S., Sica, and G.   +10 more
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Measuring barriers to fistula care: investigating composite measures for targeted fistula programming in Nigeria and Uganda

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Accessing surgical repair poses challenges to women living with female genital fistula who experience intersectional vulnerabilities including poverty, gender, stigma and geography. Barriers to fistula care have been described qualitatively in
Pooja Sripad, Elly Arnoff, Charlotte Warren, Vandana Tripathi   +3 more
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Correlation of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents with perianal fistula healing in Crohn’s disease: a narrative review [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2021
With the overspread use of measurement of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents (therapeutic drug monitoring, TDM), new therapeutic strategies have been used in the management of Crohn’s disease (CD).
Eron Fabio Miranda, Rodrigo Bremer Nones, Paulo Gustavo Kotze   +2 more
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Epilepsy management in pregnant HIV+ women in sub-Saharan Africa, clinical aspects to consider: a scoping review

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) related mortality has markedly declined.
Sonia Menon, Lenka Benova, Hillary Mabeya   +2 more
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Uterocutaneous fistula [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1993
Summary Fistulous communications of the uterus are relatively unknown. We report in this paper the first case to our knowledge of uterocutaneous fistula which developed following a septic abortion induced by introduction of Laminaria tent into the uterus.
S K, Gupta, V K, Shukla, D N, Varma, S K, Roy   +3 more
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Patient characteristics, surgery outcomes, presumed aetiology and other characteristics of fistula surgeries and related procedures supported by Fistula Foundation from 2019 to 2021: a multicentre, retrospective observational study

BMJ Open
Objectives Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury primarily caused by prolonged, obstructed labour. It leaves women incontinent, severely stigmatised and isolated. Fistula repair surgery can restore a woman’s health and well-being.
Lindsey Pollaczek, Keerthana Rajagopal, Jesse Chu   +2 more
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A systematic review of infected descending thoracic aortic grafts and endografts

, 2019
Objective: The objective of this study was to collect and critically analyze the current evidence on the modalities and results of treatment of descending thoracic aortic surgical graft (SG) and endograft (EG) infection, which represents a rare but ...
Chakfe, Nabil, Chiesa, Roberto, Grandi, Alessandro, Kahlberg, Andrea, Loschi, Diletta, Melissano, Germano, Moreels, Nathalie, Vermassen, Frank   +7 more
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Formation of Pancreatoduodenal Fistula in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas Decreased the Frequency of Recurrent Pancreatitis [PDF]

, 2019
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) of the pancreas are characterized by proliferation of mucin-secreting cells in the main pancreatic duct (PD) or its branches. The secreted thick mucin usually leads to PD obstruction and dilation.
Alkaade, Samer, Hammami, Muhammad B., Khneizer, Gebran, Reddy, Kavya M.   +3 more
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Hydrothorax with alveolar-pleural fistula mimicking re-expansion pulmonary edema during liver transplantation: a case report [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2015
We present a case of an alveolar-pleural fistula with hepatic hydrothorax in a patient undergoing orthotropic liver transplantation, which was detected by drainage of transudate through an endotracheal tube during operation.
Jae Hee Woo, Rack Kyung Chung, Hee Jung Baik, Youn Jin Kim   +3 more
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