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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:
- Arteriovenous (between an artery and vein)
- Biliary (created during gallbladder surgery, connecting bile ducts to the surface of the skin)
- Cervical (either an abnormal opening into the cervix or in the neck)
- Craniosinus (between the space inside the skull and a nasal sinus)
- Enterovaginal (between the bowel and vagina)
- Fecal or anal (the feces is discharged through an opening other than the anus)
- Gastric (from the stomach to the surface of the skin)
- Metroperitoneal (between the uterus and peritoneal cavity)
- Pulmonary arteriovenous (in a lung, the pulmonary artery and vein are connected, allowing the blood to bypass the oxygenation process in the lung (pulmonary arteriovenous fistula )
- Umbilical (connection between the navel and gut)
Types of fistulas include:
- Blind (open on one end only, but connects to two structures)
- Complete (has both external and internal openings)
- Horseshoe (connecting the anus to the surface of the skin after going around the rectum)
- Incomplete (a tube from the skin that is closed on the inside and does not connect to any internal structure)
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Yes, on the arm opposite the fistula. Never on the same arm as the fistula
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A gastrocolic fistula or a fistula between the colon and duodenum, in short its vomiting.
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An anorectal fistula is an abnormal opening or channel from the anorectal area to another part of the body
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Yes. I get blood taken out of my arm and put back in through the fistula for "Dialysis".
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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.
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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
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No, fistula is not a sexually transmissible infection. It describes an abnormal connection between two body parts.
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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 fistula
- Trauma: Head trauma can lead to perilymph fistula
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A fistula is an abnormal opening between organs and tissues.
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It sounds like you may be referring to a fistula. A fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway that forms between two organs or vessels that typically do not connect. Treatment for a fistula may involve surgery or other interventions depending on the location and cause.
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The scientific name for kanikonna, a type of flower native to India, is Cassia fistula.
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I hope you get the chance to read this! You know you have vaginal fistula if you have urine coming out of your vagina. It will need surgery to repair.
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A fistula is an abnormal connection between two cavities or vessels in the body. They are usually caused by a disease, for example Crohn's disease. Their treatment can be complicated.
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A fistula is the "port" that is created to administer dialysis (for those with kidney disease whose kidneys cannot, for whatever reason, filter out the blood properly)-and the "ligation" of a fistula is the tying off of that "port", to put it at the lowest level, when it can no longer be used, to create another fistula in another part of the arm. There are different ways to do this.
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There is no one-word anagram, but there is the phrase "a fistula."
The longest words other than fistula are flatus and faults.
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A fistula is an abnormal connection of two body aprts. Piles, or hemorrhoids, are varicose veins in the anal area.
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anastomosis
This is a fistula. The plural of fistula is both fistulas and fistulae.
An abnormal passage between two internal organs is known as a fistula. Medically, a fistula is defined as any abnormal communication between two organs, vessels, or body cavities that are lined by epithelium.
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The surgical creation of an AV fistula provides a long-lasting site through which blood can be removed and returned during hemodialysis.
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Vincent J. O'Conor has written:
'Suprapubic closure of vesicovaginal fistula' -- subject(s): Vesicovaginal Fistula
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actually horses do not eat fistula grass because they have horse sickness.But they r aloud to obviously eat normal grass.
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In medicine it is an abnormal connection between cells or organs that normally do not connect
A fistula is an abnormal connection between an organ, vessel, or intestine and another structure. What happened to using google when you have questions like this?
'Fistula' has a couple of senses: 1: an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface; 2: a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
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A fistula is often caused by infection due to mechanical damage although there are other causes. Untreated injuries that become infected and have a tract (fistula) that permits drainage of pus and contaminants from the injury can relieve pressure from a wound or abscess revealing the need for treatment.
The fistula itself is an indication of an underlying issue which may or may not be dangerous.
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An AV shunt is surgically implanted. An internal fistula is an abnormality that develops in tissues/between areas of anatomy.
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Cassia Fistula is the botanical name of the Golden Shower Tree, which is a flowering plant known for its striking yellow flowers. It is native to South Asia and commonly cultivated for its ornamental value.
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Yes, surely. The indian herbal treatment called 'kshar sutra' treatment is the best alternative for the fistula permanent cure. You can get more information on - www.omayurvedicclinic.com
Dr. Prasad Bapat is an experienced ayurvedic doctor for piles, fissure, fistula & pilonidal sinus.
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If the AV fistula is for the purpose of haemodialysis, the preferred sites are: the wrist on the non-dominant forearm, the wrist on the dominant forearme, the cubital fossa (elbow) of either arm.
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An artificial shunt for hemodialysis, either a fistula (direct artery to vein connection) or a graft (artery to vein connection through Goretex tubing), can be on the arm, or preferably on the forearm for a fistula.
A fistula, and even less so a Goretex, will not burst because of applying pressure through a sphygmomanometer (which was the original answer posted here). There is a slight risk of causing a thrombosis of the venous side of the fistula, particularly if there is already a venous stenosis.
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A fistula is an abnormal passageway between two areas where no passageway should exist. So there can be a fistula that forms between the rectum and the vagina. Rectal-vaginal fistulas require surgery to repair.
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Tracheoesophageal fistulas are not preventable birth defects.
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Have thick veins all around my fistula, and thick vein on the back of my hand, was advised by a renal doctor not to worry about them, that it was an aneurysm of the fistula, use to be on dialysis, received a kidney transplant nearly a year ago. Am getting a lot of cramps in my hand, where the fistula is located.
Since you have started the Xmas holidays, very difficult to get a surgeon to have a look at it, will have to wait till the first week of new year 2012.
Any suggestions for those cramps in my hand?
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An arteriovenous fistula is diagnosed through physical examination, blood pressure measurements in both arms, ultrasound imaging, and specialized tests like angiography and Doppler ultrasound. Signs such as a bruit or palpable mass at the site of the fistula may also indicate its presence.
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Louis Adolph Merillat has written:
'Fistula of the withers and poll-evil' -- subject(s): Diseases, Fistula, Horses
'Veterinary surgery ..' -- subject(s): Veterinary surgery
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_danger_if_cimino_fistula_are_surgically_placed"
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