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Prevalence and risk factors of obstetric fistula: implementation of a need-based preventive action plan in a South-eastern rural community of India

BMC Women's Health, 2020
Background The study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of obstetric fistula in the rural area of the south eastern community of India and the training of community health workers for its prevention.
Dharitri Swain, Swayam Pragyan Parida, Saubhagya Kumar Jena, Mahasweta Das, Hrushikesh Das   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“The sun keeps rising but darkness surrounds us”: a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background Obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and bladder, and/or between the vagina and rectum, triggered by prolonged obstructed labor. The World Health Organization has estimated that at least 50,000 to 100,000 cases of obstetric fistula ...
Misganaw Animut, Abebe Mamo, Lakew Abebe, Million Abera Berhe, Shifera Asfaw, Zewdie Birhanu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of Obstetric Fistula: From a Developing Country’s Perspective

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2020
Obstetric fistula is a hidden tragedy in the developing world, prevention is important and treatment is by surgical repair. However, failure, broken fistula, stress incontinence often demoralizes surgeons and patients.
Ganesh Dangal, Nishma Bajracharya, Aruna Karki, Hema Pradhan, Ranjana Shrestha, Kabin Bhattachan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repair failure and associated factors among women who underwent obstetric fistula surgery in Southwest Ethiopia: A retrospective study

Women's Health, 2023
Background: Surgical repair is one of the management strategies for obstetric fistulae, which are associated with tragic obstetric morbidities. Objective: This study assessed the proportion of repair failures and associated factors among women who ...
Wubishet Gezimu, Tadesse Sime, Aboma Diriba, Diriba Gemechu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia: Results from Demographic and Health Survey

International Journal of Women's Health, 2021
Getnet Gedefaw,1 Adam Wondmieneh,2 Addisu Getie,2 Melaku Bimerew,2 Asmamaw Demis2 1School of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia; 2School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia ...
Gedefaw G, Wondmieneh A, Getie A, Bimerew M, Demis A   +4 more
doaj  

Perception and attitude of obstetric fistula patients about their condition: a report from the Regional Hospital Maroua, Cameroon

Urogynaecologia International Journal, 2011
Background. Obstetric fistula results in a continuous leakage of urine or feces through the vagina. The social consequences of obstetric fistula are severe, with affected women often ostracized from the community, divorced, abandoned and remaining ...
Pierre Marie Tebeu, Charles-Henry Rochat, Jean Marie Kasia, Thérèse Delvaux   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pelvic floor ultrasound findings in Ugandan women with obstetric fistula, unrepaired fourth degree obstetric tear, and pelvic organ prolapse

, 2019
Background: While pelvic floor ultrasound is commonly utilised in high-resource locations, our understanding of pelvic floor characteristics in women suffering with obstetric fistula and unrepaired fourth degree obstetric tears in low-resource areas is ...
Goh, Judith TW, Vivien Wong, Gaik Imm Tan, Judith T.W. Goh, Hannah G. Krause, Tan, Gaik Imm, Krause, Hannah G, Shu‐Kay Ng, Wong, Vivien, Ng, Shu-Kay   +9 more
core   +1 more source

De Novo 2.2 Mb 19q13.42–q13.43 Microdeletion Encompassing U2AF2: Support for a Haploinsufficiency Model

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2 (U2AF2) is an essential pre‐mRNA splicing factor involved in the early stages of pre‐mRNA splicing. To date, multiple individuals have been reported with predominantly heterozygous missense variants presenting intellectual disability, speech and motor delays, seizures, hypotonia, and thin or hypoplastic ...
Amanda Toledo, Sarah Araji, Weimin Bi, Seema R. Lalani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Essential embryology for the Canadian pathologists’ assistant

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Pathologists' assistants (PAs) are pivotal in healthcare, conducting autopsies and examining tissues under a pathologist's guidance. Embryology knowledge is crucial for PAs to accurately assess anomalies and identify pathologies. Yet, it is often overlooked in academic PA training programs.
Samantha H. Nacci, William Tsui, Fang‐I Lu, Avrum I. Gotlieb, Danielle C. Bentley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urethral injury during vaginal delivery: Incidence, management and long‐term outcomes

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study examines the incidence, obstetric risk factors, surgical management, and long‐term outcomes of obstetric‐associated urethral injuries during vaginal deliveries. Methods A retrospective case series was conducted at a single, tertiary university‐affiliated medical center between January 2018 and December 2023.
Yoav Baruch, Ronen Gold, Yariv Stabholz, Michael Lavie, Yariv Yogev, Asnat Groutz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source