Database - (CIANE)

Description of this bibliographical database (CIANE website)
Currently 3111 records
➡ YouTube channel (tutorial)

https://ciane.net/id=742

Created on : 29 Apr 2004
Modified on : 03 Aug 2014

➡ Modify this record
Do not follow this link unless you know an editor’s password!

Bibliographical entry (without author) :

The obstetric vesicovaginal fistula: Characteristics of 899 patients from Jos, Nigeria. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2004;190(4):1011-1016.

Author(s) :

Wall LL, Karshima JA, Kirschner C, Arrowsmith SD.

Year of publication :

2004

URL(s) :

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W9P…

Résumé (français)  :

Abstract (English)  :

Objective

The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of women with obstetric vesicovaginal fistulas at a hospital in north central Nigeria.
Study design

A retrospective record review was conducted of all women who were seen with vesicovaginal fistulas at Evangel Hospital in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, between January 1992 and June 1999.
Results

A total of 932 fistula cases were identified, of which 899 cases (96.5%) were associated temporally with labor and delivery. The “typical patient“ was small and short (44 kg and <150 cm); had been married early (15.5 years) but was now divorced or separated; was uneducated, poor, and from a rural area; had developed her fistula as a primigravida during a labor that lasted at least 2 days and which resulted in a stillborn fetus.
Conclusion

Obstetric vesicovaginal fistula is extremely common in north central Nigeria. A complex interaction that involves multiple biologic and socioeconomic factors appears to predispose young women to this devastating childbirth injury.

Sumário (português)  :

Resumen (español)  :

Comments :

Argument (français) :

Argument (English):

Argumento (português):

Argumento (español):

Keywords :

➡ perineal/vaginal tears ; fistula ; stillbirth

Author of this record :

Cécile Loup — 29 Apr 2004