The risk of vesicovaginal and urethrovaginal fistula after hysterectomy performed in the English National Health Service-a retrospective cohort study examining patterns of care between 2000 and 2008

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1447-1454

  Hilton, P ^a   Cromwell, D A ^b,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; intraoperative complications; postoperative complications; surgical injuries; urinary fistula; vesicovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETHROVAGINAL FISTULA; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; URETHRAL DISEASES; UTERINE DISEASES; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 84867580432     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03474.x     Document Type: Article

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