title: Treatment of refractory urethrovaginal fistula using rectus abdominis muscle flap in a six-year-old girl.
abstract: Urethrovaginal fistula usually occurs after urethrovaginal injury, resulting in urinary incontinence. Several modalities to treat urethrovaginal fistula have been reported. We describe a treatment in which we used a rectus abdominis muscle flap in a 6-year-old girl with refractory urethrovaginal fistula.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Urology, Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atan
authors.forename: Altug
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuncel
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000637:transplantation*; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014624:Vaginal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*