MAUI, Hawaii – Nearly a third of patients with Crohn’s disease will develop an abdominal abscess from a fistula during disease management. A presenter at the GUILD Conference reported that a surgical ...

Bronchobiliary fistula is a condition where bile leaks out from the biliary tract into the bronchial tree. The disease is very infrequent. Usually, it is a congenital state or complicates severe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Antitumor necrosis factor agents are effective in the induction and maintenance of fistula closure and are ...

Anal fistulas affect about 2 in 10,000 people yearly, with a higher prevalence in young men. Most fistulas form due to blocked anal glands, resulting in infection and abscess formation. Fistulas are ...

Inflammation causes sores, or ulcers, to grow on the internal wall of the gut or surrounding organs, resulting in fistulas. These ulcers can go all the way through the gut wall, producing a tunnel for ...

2.1 An anal fistula is an abnormal tract between the anal canal and the skin around the anus. It may cause symptoms such as pain or discomfort, and leak blood or pus. It usually results from previous ...

One big challenge of being a foreign correspondent is to make the foreign less foreign, especially on issues that might seem esoteric or irrelevant to an American audience. The challenge was all the ...

The most common cause of an anal fistula is an anal abscess, although there are several other possible causes of the condition. Most anal fistulas form in the posterior midline. An abscess is a ...