title: Successful management of vesicovaginal fistulae at St. Gaspar Hospital, Itigi, Singida, Tanzania: a preliminary report.
abstract: Twenty five patients with vesicovaginal fistulae were managed at St. Gaspar Hospital, Itigi, Tanzania between February 1993 and March 1994. Most of them, 92% were repaired vaginally routinely using the Martius labial flap and 8% were repaired transabdominally because the fistulae were inaccessible vaginally as they were vesicouterine or vesicocervical fistulae. The success rate was 96% after the first operative attempt.
authors.affiliation: St. Gaspar Hospital, Itigi, Tanzania.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Majinge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013636:Tanzania; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*