Women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia: A 6-month follow up after surgical treatment

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1564-1569

  Browning, A ^a   Menber, B ^a  

^a Barhirdar Hamlin Fistula Centre   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Follow up; Obstetric fistula; Outcomes; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; EMPLOYMENT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY STRESS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 53849099317     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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