Urogenital fistula in the UK: A personal case series managed over 25 years

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-110

  Hilton, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication, intraoperative; Complication, postoperative; injuries, surgical; Ionizing radiation; Urinary fistula; Vesico vaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDUAL URINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URETER STENT; URINARY DIVERSION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL FISTULA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862283145     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10630.x     Document Type: Article

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