An Ethiopian woman sits on her bed inside a clinic for obstetric fistula in Bahir Dar on March 10, 2007. The clinic, a branch of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, has performed more than 32,000 free ...

A fistulotomy is a surgical procedure for treating a fistula in the anal area. An anal fistula is a small opening or tunnel that develops between the anal skin and the end of the anus. The causes of ...

Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas has never shied away from some of the most difficult medical conditions to talk about – and in the third episode of series nine, we meet a mother suffering from ...

A fistula is a permanent abnormal hole or passageway between body parts (like a blood vessel or an organ) and another structure. Fistulas can develop at any age and in any body part. They usually ...

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 ...

What is a Vesicovaginal Fistula? A vesicovaginal fistula is an abnormal communication between the urinary bladder and the vagina in female patients that results in urine leaking out uncontrollably ...

An obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can occur during childbirth, often leaving women incontinent, shunned from society and further entrenching them in poverty. As ...

Expectant mothers at Mulago hospital’s maternity ward. Fistula has been noted to affect mainly first-time mothers. PHOTO BY Rachel Mabala “I keep urinating on myself and people do not want to get near ...