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Abstract
Between 1969 and 1980 1443 patients with vesicovaginal fistulas were operated on in Ahmadu Bello University Hospital in Northern Nigeria. They have been studied in relation to their obstetric, social and environmental background. The preventable nature of the lesion was explored particularly with respect to age, parity and obstructed labour, and to traditional practices including 'gishiri cutting', which alone accounts for 13% of all the fistulas. Vesicovaginal fistulas are still a major cause for concern in many developing countries; measures for prevention include universal education and improved status of women in society as well as improved and accessible medical services.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Biology; Cultural Background; Delivery; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Educational Status; English Speaking Africa; Gynecologic Surgery; Health; Health Services; Indigenous Health Services; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Maternal Age; Medicine; Medicine, Traditional; Nigeria; Nuptiality; Obstetrical Surgery; Parental Age; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes; Reproduction; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Surgery; Treatment; Urogenital Effects; Urogenital Surgery; Urogenital System; Vaginal Abnormalities; Vaginal Injury--etiology; Western Africa
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Year: 1983 PMID： 6849845 DOI： 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08933.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Obstet Gynaecol ISSN： 0306-5456