Epidemiological and surgical aspects of urogenital fistulae: A review of 25 years' experience in southeast nigeria

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 189-194

  Hilton, P ^a   Ward, A ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b VVF Unit   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Obstetric trauma; Surgery; Urogenital fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OPERATING ROOM; PARITY; PELVIS SURGERY; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 0031711425     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01901602     Document Type: Article

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