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 hospital’s holistic approach ensures women not only recover physically but are also reintegrated socially and ...

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 ...

An aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm that requires immediate surgical repair. Doctors can choose to treat it with either open or endovascular surgery. An ...

When Dr Hillary Mabeya visited a condemned home in Eldoret, Kenya in 2009 and said, “This kitchen is going to be an operating room,” he raised more than a few eyebrows. Yet last month, Mabeya ...

Arteriovenous Fistula Occurring after Operation on Lumbar Intervertebral Disk. Alertness to this occasional complication of lumbar-disk surgery and knowledge of its repair are important since two ...

Kabul, Afghanistan – With 2,000 babies delivered each month, the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul buzzes with a joyous kind of bedlam. Clipboard-wielding nurses power walk through the hallways. New ...

Obstetric fistula is a preventable and treatable condition. Basic medical care for a pregnant woman with immediate attention to any labor pains can help prevent injury and fistula formation during ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new, minimally invasive system which uses radiofrequency energy instead of open surgery to create ...

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 ...

“Some of the women have been living with the severe tears which make it difficult to control stool especially when one has developed diarrhoea. Others have to wear diapers,” he said. RUKUNGIRI - On ...