noun, feminine/ˈfistula/plural: fístulas
fistula
“El caso 3 presentó una fístula urinaria secundaria a desinserción del uréter al asa ileal que precisó reimplantar el uréter a la neovejiga colónica, descubriéndose en esta cirugía una litiasis en el uréter proximal del injerto que conseguimos extraer mediante ureterolitotomía.” — Case #3 presented a urinary fistula following disinsertion of the ureter to the ileal conduit which necessitated reimplanting the ureter to the colonic neobladder, uncovering during the surgery a lithiasis in the graft's proximal ureter which we managed to extract by ureterolithotomy.
Related: caña fístula
Learned borrowing from Latin fistula.