noun

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An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

definition

A tube, a pipe, or a hole.

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The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice.

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Examples of fistulas in a Sentence

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fistulas also form without obvious cause.

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

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

Small arteriovenous fistulas can be corrected by surgery.

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

Surgery is the most common method of treating acquired fistulas.

If not treated, arteriovenous fistulas can be very dangerous.

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