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Challenges in the field of obstetric fistula [PDF]

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2020
AbstractThirteen years after the last supplement on obstetric fistula, the authors challenge the progress achieved. Citing the ongoing need for a standardized classification system, uniform surgical training and certification, evaluation, follow‐up, and research, we emphasize the need for improved communication and coordination between government and ...
Rane, Ajay, Browning, Andrew, Majinge, Peter, Pope, Rachel   +3 more
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Waiting for Attention and Care: Birthing Accounts of Women in Rural Tanzania who Developed Obstetric Fistula as an Outcome of Labour. [PDF]

, 2011
\ud Obstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder and/or the rectum, is most frequently caused ...
Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Mvungi, Abu, Mvungi Abu, Mselle, Lilian T, Kohi, Thecla W, Moland Karen, Kohi Thecla W, Evjen-Olsen Bjørg, Abu Mvungi, Moland, Karen Marie, Karen Marie Moland, Thecla W Kohi, Mselle Lilian T, Lilian T Mselle   +14 more
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"I am nothing": experiences of loss among women suffering from severe birth injuries in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
\ud Despite the increased attention on maternal mortality during recent decades, which has resulted in maternal health being defined as a Millennium Development Goal (MDG), the disability and suffering from obstetric fistula remains a neglected issue in ...
Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg, Mselle, L.T., Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Moland, K.M., Mvungi, Abu, Mselle, Lilian T, Kohi, Thecla W, Abu Mvungi, Moland, Karen Marie, Karen Marie Moland, Thecla W Kohi, Kohi, T.W., Evjen-Olsen, B., Mvungi, A., Lilian T Mselle   +14 more
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Perceived Causes of Obstetric Fistulae from Rural Southern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Although the magnitude of obstetric fistulae (OF) is reported to have decreased in industrialized countries, it is still a major problem in developing countries.
Kazaura, M.R., Kamazima, R.S,, Kazaura, MR, Mangi, EJ, Kamazima, R S, Kazaura, M R, Mangi, E.J., Kamazima, RS, Mangi, E J   +8 more
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Knowledge of obstetric fistula and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in Northwestern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background Obstetric fistula has been a major maternal health challenges in low and middle-income countries, especially in Ethiopia, due to high child marriage and poor access to healthcare.
Meskerem Tsega Dejen, Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Getnet Gedefaw Azeze, Asmamaw Demis Bizuneh, Getahun Tiruye, Agumasie Semahegn   +5 more
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Intravenous urography findings in women with ureteric fistula

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Ureteric fistula is one of the major morbidities that can arise from pelvic surgeries. It mainly results from gynaecological and obstetric procedures. Intravenous urography is an imaging modality for the upper urinary tract.
Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, Kenneth Chinedu Ekwedigwe, Maradona Ehikioya Isikhuemen, Monday Osaze Eliboh, Emmanuel Nyan Yakubu, Babafemi Charles Daniyan   +5 more
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Outcome of open excisional breast biopsies in Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: open excisional breast biopsy is a known modality for treatment of breast lumps especially in developing countries. Other sophisticated methods are available for management of breast lumps in more advanced nations. Our aim in this study was
Maradona Ehikioya Isikhuemen, Monday Osaze Eliboh, Uche Emmanuel Eni, Kenneth Chinedu Ekwedigwe, Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye   +4 more
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Successful pregnancy along with prevention of obstetric fistula in a subsequent pregnancy is possible if proper antenatal care and timely elective caesarean delivery are ensured. Keywords: Fistula recurrence; obstetric fistula

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Successful pregnancy along with prevention of obstetric fistula in a subsequent pregnancy is possible if proper antenatal care and timely elective caesarean delivery are ensured.
Rekha Poudel, Ganesh Dangal, Aruna Karki, Hema Pradhan, Ranjana Shrestha, Kabin Bhattachan   +5 more
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The Predictors of Intent to Prevent Obstetric Fistula Recurrence Among Women with Fistula in Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Women's Health, 2022
Bekana Fekecha Hurissa,1 Zewdie Birhanu Koricha,2 Lelisa Sena Dadi3 1School of Midwifery, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia; 2Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia ...
Hurissa BF, Koricha ZB, Dadi LS
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Obstetric Fistula Survivors Questionnaire .docx

, 2021
This questionnaire was used to interview obstetric fistula survivors during the live prototyping stage of this ...
Daisy Mukasa (11761739)
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