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Spontaneous closure of urethrovaginal fistula associated with pelvic fracture

Female urethral injury following pelvic fracture is a rare entity. Due to the absence of large series, management guidelines are still not standardized. Patients can have associated urethrovaginal or vesicovaginal fistula, management of which poses a major challenge to the reconstructive urologist....

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Autores principales: Pal, Bipin Chandra, Modi, Pranjal, Modi, Jayesh, Kumar, Suresh, Patel, Chirag
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.117262
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Sumario:Female urethral injury following pelvic fracture is a rare entity. Due to the absence of large series, management guidelines are still not standardized. Patients can have associated urethrovaginal or vesicovaginal fistula, management of which poses a major challenge to the reconstructive urologist. Spontaneous closure of fistula produced by gynecological or obstetrical injuries have been described in the literature. Spontaneous closure of fistula caused due to pelvic fracture has not been described in the literature.