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| Year : 1993 | Volume
: 39
| Issue : 1 | Page : 20-1 |
Vesical fistulae--an experience from a developing country.
V Raut, M Bhattacharya
Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
Correspondence Address:
V Raut
Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
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PMID: 0008295139 
This study analyses patients with vesical fistulae presenting at a teaching, referral hospital over the last ten years. There were 62 cases of vesical fistulae of which 60 were obstetric in origin (44 home and 16 hospital deliveries) and 2 were following gynaecological surgery. Of the hospital deliveries which culminated in fistula formation, 8 were vaginal and 7 forceps deliveries. In one patient, lower segment caesarean section was carried out. After a thorough urological work-up, patients were subjected to standard technique of layered closure (61 by vaginal approach and one by abdominal). Repair was successful in 53 (87.09%) patients. Of the 9 failures, 4 were repeat repairs.
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