VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA: OUR EXPERIENCE OF 47 CASES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF WEST BENGAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 47
Abstract
d embarrassing health problem for the ladies. The present observational study was planned to inquire into the demographic and aetiologic pattern of vesicovaginal fistula and the long-term success rate of its surgical management following different techniques of repair in a tertiary care centre of West Bengal, India. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 47 patients with vesicovaginal fistula presented at our hospital over a span of nine years, were observed during their course of treatment. The patients were evaluated with clinical history, physical examination, routine laboratory investigations, intravenous urogram and cystoscopy. Then the patients had undergone operation by vaginal or abdominal route. Patients were discharged from the hospital with per urethral catheter. On 21st post-operative day, routine cystogram was done in every patient before catheter removal to exclude the failure of the operation. RESULT Of the observed 47 patients, 66% were tracked back to their obstetric causes and 34% patients could be linked up to gynaecological aetiology like a complication of hysterectomy or after brachytherapy for carcinoma of cervix. In 23.4% of patients, the repair of fistula was done by vaginal route, whereas in 76.6% cases by abdominal approach. Overall success rate of surgical repair was 87.3%, which is comparable to the success rate mentioned in literature. CONCLUSION In spite of a decline in the incidence of vesicovaginal fistula in the western world, it is still highly prevalent in the developing countries. Prolonged obstructive labour was found as the most common aetiology of this devastating condition in our region. Timely intervention with meticulous surgical technique is essential for an acceptable success rate in fistula repair surgery. However, improved obstetric care, institutional delivery, high literacy rate, prevention of early marriage—all are of paramount importance for the prevention of occurrence of this socio-medical problem.
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Biswajit , Subhrajyoti , Mohanchandra
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