Obstetric fistula: A preventable tragedy

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-294

  Miller, Suellen ^a   Lester, Felicia ^b   Webster, Monique ^b   Cowan, Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cephalopelvic disproportion; Fistula; Maternal morbidity; Maternal mortality; Obstructed labor; Parity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTOCIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MALPRESENTATION; MARRIAGE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH ASIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ALIENATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL FISTULA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 20944442090     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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