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Removal of an Intravesical Gellhorn Pessary and Staged Repair of a Residual Large Vesico-Vaginal Fistula
Published on: April 14, 2026
Treatment of rectovaginal fistula: a 5-year review
Damian Casadesus1, Luis Villasana, Ines M Sanchez
1Coloproctology Department, Calixto Garcia University Hospital, J y Universidad, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. dcasadesus@hotmail.com
Abstract:
This paper presents a chart review of 17 patients who had been treated for rectovaginal fistula (RVF) from 1996 to 2000. In most cases (13; 76.5%), the fistula was the result of post-surgical complications. Following vaginal mucosa advancement flap repair or repair after conversion to a fourth-degree perineal laceration, 16 (94%) of the rectovaginal fistulae (during the first attempted repair or after failed treatment) were successfully treated. In all patients but one, faecal diversion was avoided. In two patients, fistulography was both a diagnostic procedure and the method of treatment.
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