Fistula in a sentence

Another charity founded by Dame Ann, Freedom from Fistula, which supports women in Africa who have been seriously injured during childbirth, said it would support her ‘in her decision to vigorously defend herself against these damaging claims’.

Deng also said other challenges facing fistula fights are related to poor roads and communication networks in the remoter parts of the country.

Other goals of the 6-months project which was funded by ActionAid Italy is to support the establishment of a functional fistula care centre in Gwarinpa General Hospital within the FCT.

An inquest opening at Coroner’s Court on Thursday (March 21) heard that a medical cause of death has been given as chest sepsis, anorexia nervosa and bronchopleural fistula.

Embrace the Thai tradition by planting Cassia fistula, Thailand’s national flower and tree, locally known as ratchaphruek.

In November 2023, he underwent an anal fistula surgery at prison hospital, but his family fear that he is not receiving the adequate follow-up care he needs.

The Fistula Boys attend the dialysis every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with Dave explaining that sometimes it can be a bit of a painful process, but that the camaraderie between each other and the nurses helps to lift their spirits.

To extract the bile, bears undergo surgery to create a 'free-dripping fistula' which is a catheter inserted into the gallbladder so that it can be drained daily.

All these conditions led to a spurt in the number of cases of piles, fissures and fistula in the age group of 15-50 years,” he said.

Approximately 80-95% of the causes of Obstetric fistula occur when a female experiences prolonged obstructed labour and has no access to a Caesarean section.

Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Deputy Director in charge of Public Health at the Upper East Regional Health Directorate, noted that even though there was treatment for fistula, the regions in northern Ghana had no capacity to treat such cases.

This, it said had given rise to 20,000 new cases of obstetric fistula which occurred every year as a result of child marriages in the country.

This partnership will transform the lives of 30 women who will receive free fistula surgeries and medical advice, a service they previously could not access.

Use with caution in patients at risk for gastrointestinal perforation or fistula.

A further interaction with Hafisat revealed that she was down with one of the deadliest forms of birth complications, Obstetric Fistula, popularly known as VVF, no thanks to child marriage.

Among those repaired was a woman who had lived with fistula for 66 years.

FGM can also cause lifelong conditions such as fistula as well as fatal childbirth complications.

Obstetric Fistula is a distressing complication of prolonged, obstructed labour, resulting in the leakage of urine or faeces or both through the vagina.

After this time, some scar tissue may be present, but the fistula is normally fully developed and mostly healed.

Because the clitoris is a skinlike structure and stretches out excessively, do not cut off too much, as a urinary fistula may result from cutting such large growths too deeply.