The relationship between female genital cutting and obstetric fistulae

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 578-583

  Browning, Andrew ^a   Allsworth, Jenifer E ^a   Wall, L Lewis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DYSTOCIA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649108551     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181d012cd     Document Type: Article

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