Interposition flaps in vesicovaginal fistula repairs can optimize cure rate
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Failed omental flap vesicovaginal fistula repair subsequently repaired laparoscopically without an omental flap.
BACKGROUND Conventional wisdom suggests that vascular interposition flaps are helpful in the treatment of all patients with vesicovaginal fistulas. Complicated fistulas are often treated with interposition omental flaps; however, failed omental flap repairs have not been described without the use of another interposition flap. CASE A 52-year-old woman with a history of cystotomy repair at the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Urology Annals
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0974-7796
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.120305