A 12-year experience in the surgical management of vesicovaginal fistulae

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Kam, M H ^a   Tan, Y H ^a   Wong, M Y C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fistula; Genitourinary; Iatrogenic; Surgical management; Vesicovaginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILEAL CONDUIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PELVIS CANCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 0038005807     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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