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Robotic repair of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)
Author(s) -
Sotelo Rene,
Moros Vassilis,
Clavijo Rafael,
Poulakis Vassilis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.10148.x
Subject(s) - medicine , metropolitan area , library science , urology , pathology , computer science
While worldwide, the predominant cause of VVF is obstructed labour due to poor obstetric care, in obstetrically developed countries this is usually an iatrogenic complication of gynaecological surgery, most commonly abdominal hysterectomy, occurring in one in every 1800 hysterectomies [ 2 – 4 ] . Generally, VVF occurs 1 – 6 weeks after gynaecological or obstetric surgery, while recurrent fi stula can develop within the fi rst 3 months after primary repair [ 2 ] .