Urogenital fistulas in women: 5-year experience at a single center

Urology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Singh, Onkar ^a   Gupta, Shilpi Singh ^a   Mathur, Raj Kumar ^a  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Female urogenital diseases; Urinary fistulas; Vesicovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FISTULA; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TIME; URETER DISEASE; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; URETERAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER FISTULA; URINARY FISTULA; UTERINE DISEASES; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954482872     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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