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, 2021 Background: Obstetric fistula has caused a significant number of morbidity and mortality throughout the world especially in developing countries. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine mean time to recovery from obstetric fistula and ...
Ergoye Melese, Sultan Hussen
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, 2022 BACKGROUND: An obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening between the vagina, rectum, and/or bladder. Obstetric fistula has a devastating impact on women's physical, social, and psychological health.
Serka, Selamawit +2 more
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, 2021 Obstructed labour is a common cause of vesicovaginal fistula in the developing world. Those fistulae occurring after labour and its complications is called obstetric fistula.
Dangal, Ganesh, Poudel, Atit
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The Silent Suffering: Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia
Obstetric fistula is a maternal morbidity that accounts for 6% of all maternal deaths worldwide. This condition occurs most commonly in areas of sub-Saharan Africa and rural south Asia where access to medical care and maternal education is not readily ...
Germano, Emma
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African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2019 Background: In sub-Saharan African countries, women face a high risk of obstetric fistulas. In Malawi, the prevalence rate is 1 per 1000 women. Studies suggest that several obstacles exist that prevent obstetric fistula patients from getting timely ...
Mwawi S. Gondwe, Pranitha Maharaj
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The changing face of obstetric fistula surgery in Ethiopia
, 2016 Jeremy Wright,1,2 Fekade Ayenachew,1 Karen D Ballard1,2 1Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2School of Health Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK Objective: To examine the incidence and type of obstetric fistula presenting
Ballard KD, Ayenachew F, Wright J
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Analysis of 137 obstetric fistula cases seen at three fistula centres in northwest Nigeria
, 2015 Objectives: To determine the contributory factors to development of obstetric fistula and to determine the knowledge and practice of modern contraception among fistula patients.Design: Descriptive hospital cross-sectional study.Setting: Three fistula ...
Chan, CK +5 more
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, 2023 BackgroundAlthough obstetric fistula has been extensively eliminated in high-income countries due to comprehensive obstetric health care services, in developing countries including Ethiopia, many women and girls are still silently suffering from ...
Ayenew Mose (10052802) +1 more
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Fetal autopsy remains essential for determining the cause of intrauterine death and for supporting clinical, genetic, and forensic evaluations. However, in cases of advanced maceration, autolysis severely compromises tissue integrity, often preventing adequate identification of anatomical structures and limiting the diagnostic and medico‐legal
Francesca Buffelli +4 more
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Urinary symptoms and urodynamics following obstetric genitourinary fistula repair.
, 2013 Introduction and hypothesis The aim of this study was to evaluate urinary symptoms and urodynamic diagnoses in women following repair of obstetric fistula of the lower urinary tract.
Goh, Judith TW +5 more
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