Profile and repair success of vesico-vaginal fistula in Lahore

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 142-144

  Hafeez, Maimoona ^b,c   Asif, Shaheena ^b   Hanif, Hajira ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b LAHORE MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c Defense Housing Authority   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fistula; Incontinence; Repair; Vesico vaginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; OBSTETRICS; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 17744398231     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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