Fistulas Sentence Examples

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  • He has had training in the repair of vesico-vaginal fistulas.

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  • The recommended dose for closure of enterocutaneous fistulas is 5 mg of infliximab for every kg of body weight.

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  • These include, small bowel resection, stoma, excision of fistulas, right nephrectomy, oophorectomy and possible hysterectomy.

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  • Most fistulas occurred secondary to abdominal surgery and a high proportion (53 %) occurred in association with inflammatory bowel disease.

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  • In 85 to 90 percent of tracheoesophageal fistulas, the top part of the esophagus ends in a blind sac, and the lower part inserts into the trachea.

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  • Small H type fistulas may go undiagnosed until later in life.

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  • Babies with all but H type fistulas are unlikely to survive without surgical separation and repair of the trachea and the esophagus.

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  • The survival rate of infants with tracheoesophageal fistulas improved dramatically toward the end of the twentieth century.

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  • Tracheoesophageal fistulas are defects in development of the fetus that cannot be prevented.

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  • There are two types of arteriovenous fistulas, congenital and acquired.

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  • In congenital fistulas, blood vessels of the lower extremity are more frequently involved than other areas of the body.

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  • For example, after catheterizations, arteriovenous fistulas may occur as a complication of the arterial puncture in the leg or arm.

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  • Fistulas also form without obvious cause.

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  • The main symptoms of arteriovenous fistulas near the surface of the skin are bulging and discolored veins.

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  • Other fistulas can cause more serious problems without obvious symptoms, depending on their location and the blood vessels involved.

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  • Small arteriovenous fistulas can be corrected by surgery.

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  • Fistulas in the brain or eye are very difficult to treat.

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  • Surgery is the most common method of treating acquired fistulas.

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  • If not treated, arteriovenous fistulas can be very dangerous.

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