Surgical treatment of rectovaginal fistula of obstetric origin: A review of 15 years' experience in a teaching hospital

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-610

  Rahman, M S ^a   Al Suleiman, S A ^a   El Yahia, A R ^a   Rahman, Jessica ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0345689393     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610310001604349     Document Type: Review

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