Background: Surgical repair is one of the management strategies for obstetric fistulae, which are associated with tragic morbidities. Objective: This study assessed proportion failures and factors among women who underwent fistula surgery at Mettu Hamlin Fistula Center. Design: an institution-based, retrospective, cross-sectional design. Methods: included 385 patients Center between 2015 2020. ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES In India, community based data on chronic obstetric morbidities (COM) are scanty and largely derived from hospital records. The main aim of the study was to assess the community based prevalence and the factors associated with the defined COM--obstetric fistula, genital prolapse, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and secondary infertility among women in Nashik di...

BACKGROUND Vesico-vaginal Fistula (VVF) is an abnormal communication between bladder and vagina that causes continuous discharge of urine in to vaginal vault. The objective of this study is to describe current trends of aetiology and repair of Vesico-vaginal Fistulae. This is a Descriptive Study, conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Urology, Rawalpindi and Combined Military Hospital, Kharian ...

Placenta previa presents a highest risk to pregnancy, and placenta accreta is the most serious. Placenta accreta requires cesarean delivery and often results in massive obstetric hemorrhage and higher maternal morbidity. Challenges associated with cesarean delivery techniques may contribute to increased maternal blood loss and morbidity rates. Several recent obstetric studies reported the usefu...

A 43-year-old woman presented with 20-year history of leakage of urine per vaginam. She had one failed repair attempt. Pelvic examination with dye test showed leakage of clear urine suggestive of ureterovaginal fistula. The preoperative intravenous urogram revealed duplex ureter and cystoscopy showed normally cited ureteric orifices with two other ectopic ureteric openings and bladder diverticu...

An estimated 37,500 Ethiopian women are living with untreated obstetric fistula, a devastating childbirth injury that results in chronic urinary and/or fecal incontinence. Affected women and adolescents are often abandoned by their partners and families, ostracized by their communities, relegated to separate living spaces, and subjected to profound stigma and discrimination. As part of its mand...