A review of surgical procedures to repair obstetric fistula

Although approximately 2 million women suffer from an obstetric fistula, the surgical literature is sparse. This review examines the evidence published to date. The most relevant surgical evidence is included, highlighting the need for further scientific investigations to contribute to our surgical...

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Autores principales: Pope, Rachel, Beddow, Meghan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7003810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31943180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13035
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description Although approximately 2 million women suffer from an obstetric fistula, the surgical literature is sparse. This review examines the evidence published to date. The most relevant surgical evidence is included, highlighting the need for further scientific investigations to contribute to our surgical practice. The most pressing needs relate to anti‐incontinence techniques and complex obstetric fistula repairs.
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spelling pubmed-70038102020-02-10 A review of surgical procedures to repair obstetric fistula Pope, Rachel Beddow, Meghan Int J Gynaecol Obstet Supplement Articles Although approximately 2 million women suffer from an obstetric fistula, the surgical literature is sparse. This review examines the evidence published to date. The most relevant surgical evidence is included, highlighting the need for further scientific investigations to contribute to our surgical practice. The most pressing needs relate to anti‐incontinence techniques and complex obstetric fistula repairs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-01-13 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7003810/ /pubmed/31943180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13035 Text en © 2020 The Authors. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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