title: Vesicovaginal fistula repair: a simple suprapubic transvesical approach.
abstract: Simple suprapubic closure operations were performed for complicated vesicovaginal fistulas in 23 patients. Fistulas with previous unsuccessful attempts (13 patients), fistulas located above the interureteric ridge (5 patients) and fistulas including the ureteral orifice (5 patients) were considered as good candidates for suprapubic approach. There have been 3 failures and, thus, the initial success rate is 86.9 per cent.
authors.affiliation: Urological Clinic, Higher Specialization Hospital of Turkey, Ankara.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yazicioğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozgür
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ilker
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dalva
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012086:Reoperation; D014567:Urography; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*