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[Urinary fistula. Its surgical treatment. Report of 16 cases]
J Hermida Pérez1, G Cerdeiras Martínez, T del Corral Suarez
1Hospital Provincial Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|January 1, 1996
Abstract
Objectives:
To report our experience in the surgical treatment of urinary fistulas.
Method:
The clinical records of the patients seen during the period 1988-1991 were reviewed.
Results:
Sixteen cases of urinary fistulas were found; most of these had been caused during a gynecological procedure. All cases were treated by surgery, which achieved a satisfactory result in 100% of the cases.
Conclusions:
Abdominal hysterectomy was the most frequent cause of urinary fistula. The most common was vesico-vaginal fistula, predominantly located in the upper portion of the trigone. The surgical technique most commonly utilized was transvesical fistulectomy.