A fistula is an abnormal connection between an organ, vessel, or intestine and another structure. Fistulas are usually the result of injury or surgery. It can also result from infection or inflammation.
Inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, is an example of a disease that leads to fistulas between one loop of intestine and another. Injury can lead to fistulas between arteries and veins.
InformationFistulas may occur in many parts of the body. Some of these are:
Types of fistulas include:
Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006.
Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 17th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006.
A fistula is an abnormal connection between an organ, vessel, or intestine and another structure. Fistulas are usually the result of injury or surgery. It can also result from infection or inflammation.
Inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, is an example of a disease that leads to fistulas between one loop of intestine and another. Injury can lead to fistulas between arteries and veins.
InformationFistulas may occur in many parts of the body. Some of these are:
Types of fistulas include:
Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006.
Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 17th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 08/12/2011
Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Yes, on the arm opposite the fistula. Never on the same arm as the fistula
closure of Gastrocolic fistula
The scientific name of amaltas is Cassia fistula.
A gastrocolic fistula or a fistula between the colon and duodenum, in short its vomiting.
An anorectal fistula is an abnormal opening or channel from the anorectal area to another part of the body
Cassia Fistula is the botanical name of 'Amaltas' or 'Forest Shower' or 'Laburnum'
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Yes. I get blood taken out of my arm and put back in through the fistula for "Dialysis".
A reed; a pipe., A pipe for convejing water., A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
Fistula of what? A fistual is an abnormal tubelike passage from a normal cavity or tube to a free surface or to another cavity. So depending on where the fistual is depends on the severity of the case. Fistula near rectum
No, fistula is not a sexually transmissible infection. It describes an abnormal connection between two body parts.
A fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between two epithelium-lined organs or vessels that normally do not connect. It is generally a disease condition,but a fistula may be surgically created for therapeutic reasons.Various causes of fistula are:Disease: Inflammatory bowel disease,such as crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.Medical treatment: Complications from gallbladder surgery can lead to biliary fistulaTrauma: Head trauma can lead to perilymph fistula