Clinical procedures and practices used in the perioperative treatment of female genital fistula during a prospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ruminjo, Joseph K ^a   Frajzyngier, Veronica ^a   Bashir Abdullahi, Muhammad ^b   Asiimwe, Frank ^c   Hamidou Barry, Thierno ^d   Bello, Abubakar ^e   Danladi, Dantani ^f   Oumarou Ganda, Sanda ^g   Idris, Sa'ad ^h   Inoussa, Maman ⁱ   Lynch, Maura ^j   Mussell, Felicity ^j   Chandra Podder, Dulal ^k   Wali, Abba ^e   Barone, Mark A ^a  

^a ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

^b Faridat Yakubu Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c Kagando Hospital   (Uganda)

^d Prefectoral Hospital of Kissidougou   (Guinea)

^e Maryam Abacha Hospital   (Nigeria)

^f Specialist Fistula Centre Birnin Kebbi   (Nigeria)

^g Lamorde Hospital   (Niger)

^h Maradi Hospital   (Niger)

ⁱ Kitovu Mission Hospital   (Uganda)

^j LAMB Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^k Kumudini Hospital   (Bangladesh)

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Author keywords

Clinical practices; Female genital fistula; Fistula repair; Fistula treatment; Perioperative procedures

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL FISTULA; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; URETER CATHETER; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; BED REST; BLADDER; CONVALESCENCE; DRINKING; FAMILY PLANNING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BED REST; DRINKING; ENEMA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; OPERATIVE TIME; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904410779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-220     Document Type: Article

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