Esophageal atresia (EA) is a condition in which a baby’s food tube (esophagus) and stomach don’t connect because the tube didn’t form all the way before birth. This makes it impossible for your baby ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.For more than three years, Lorpu has lived with the constant leakage of urine and feces caused by obstetric fistula, a debilitating childbirth ...

Repeated dialysis needling can cause painful aneurysmal fistulas that must be removed. A new, minimally invasive approach will decrease morbidity amonghemodialysis patients and help improve their ...

After surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, invagination of the pancreas into the small intestine resulted in a lower rate of pancreatic fistula, according to researchers at the Jefferson ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The FDA-approved Ellipsys® Vascular Access System from Avenu Medical, Inc., became a key focus of attention throughout last week’s Controversies in Dialysis Access (CiDA) ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Chief of Surgery at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center, Dr. Mark Randel, recently performed a new revolutionary vascular procedure for patients requiring ...

Each afternoon—after neighbors in her village compound in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in Nigeria’s coastal region, had gone out for the day—Imaobong Dickson would sneak out of her home to wash pieces of ...

The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...