Fistula recurrence, pregnancy, and childbirth following successful closure of female genital fistula in Guinea: a longitudinal study

Background: Female genital fistula is a devastating maternal complication of delivery in developing countries. We sought to analyse the incidence and proportion of fistula recurrence, residual urinary incontinence, and pregnancy after successful fistula closure in Guinea, and describe the delivery-a...

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Main Authors: Dr Alexandre Delamou, MD, Therese Delvaux, PhD, Alison M El Ayadi, ScD, Vandana Tripathi, PhD, Bienvenu S Camara, MD, Abdoul H Beavogui, PhD, Lauri Romanzi, MD, Bethany Cole, MPH, Patrice Bouedouno, MD, Moustapha Diallo, MSc, Thierno H Barry, MD, Mandian Camara, MD, Kindy Diallo, MD, Prof Alain Leveque, PhD, Wei-Hong Zhang, PhD, Prof Vincent De Brouwere, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17303662