Genitourinary Fistula Experience in Sierra Leone: Review of 505 Cases

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1725-1731

  Lewis, Alyona ^a   Kaufman, Melissa R ^b   Wolter, Christopher E ^b   Phillips, Sharon E ^b   Maggi, Darius ^a   Condry, Leesa ^a   Dmochowski, Roger R ^b   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^b  

^a Choithram Memorial Hospital at Hill Station   (Sierra Leone)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

labor; obstetric; Sierra Leone; urethra; urinary bladder; vesicovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENITOURINARY FISTULA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; URETER INJURY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; URINE RETENTION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FISTULA; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SIERRA LEONE; URINARY FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62049084667     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.11.106     Document Type: Article

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