Giant vesical calculus (more than 100 g) is a very rare clinical entity [1]. During pregnancy, it may be associated with infections, abortions, premature delivery, urinary fistula, and rarely dystocia of labor [2]. When bladder stone (BS) remains asymptomatic and thereby gains large size of several centimetres, it may be diagnosed first time during labor when timely interventions must be taken ...

Obstetric fistula, a complication of dystocic labor neglected in the social and developmental context, shows the progress made in improving health status in developing countries [1]. The difficulty of treating vesico-vaginal fistulas is well known and the proposed repair techniques are numerous [2]. The choice of the way of approach is not unequivocal, because the best way is that the comfort o...

OBJECTIVES To review our experience in causes, diagnosis and basic principles of surgical treatment of urogenital fistulae. METHODS A retrospective study of 213 patients with different types of urogenital fistulae were reviewed between October 1995 to October 2008. They were analyzed with regard to age, parity, causal factor, mode of treatment and outcome. Patients were also evaluated at two ...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The long-term urologic outcome in a large series of patients with neural tube defects was evaluated. METHODS The following clinical parameters in 398 patients ranging from 1 to 37 years of age--69 with caudal regression syndrome (CRS), 244 with meningomyelocele (MMC), and 85 with spinal lipoma (SL)--were studied: congenital renal anomalies, renal function, vesico-ureteric r...

INTRODUCTION Enterovesical fistulas usually result from diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, or colorectal cancer. A perforated Meckel's diverticulum can exceptionally result in an vesico-diverticulum fistula, as noted in only seven previously reported cases. CASE REPORT A 35-year old Arabic male, quadriplegic,who presented epigastralgia evolving for a week, associated with abdominal distension a...

Reno alimentary fistulae are rare. The article describes various types of reno alimentary fistulae including rarer calico colic fistula and vesico colic fistula due to diverticulosis. The clinical features and management is discussed; and the relevant literature reviewed.