Management of vesicovaginal fistula: An experience of 52 cases with a rationalized algorithm for choosing the transvaginal or transabdominal approach

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-376

  Kapoor, Rakesh ^a   Ansari, M S ^a   Singh, Pratipal ^a   Gupta, Parag ^a   Khurana, Naval ^a   Mandhani, Anil ^a   Dubey, Deepak ^a   Srivastava, Aneesh ^a   Kumar, Anant ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fistula; Management; Tuberculosis; Vesicovaginal

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749015610     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.36709     Document Type: Article

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