Reprod Health
Obstetric fistula in southern Mozambique: a qualitative study on women's experiences of care pregnancy, delivery and post-partum.
Boene H, Mocumbi S, Högberg U, Hanson C, Valá A, Bergström A, Sevene E, Munguambe K
Obstetric fistula is still common in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) despite the on-going shift to increased facility deliveries in the same s ...
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Source: PubMed
J Nepal Health Res Counc
Overview of Obstetric Fistula: From a Developing Country's Perspective.
Dangal G, Bajracharya N, Karki A, Pradhan H, Shrestha R, Bhattachan K
Obstetric fistula is a hidden tragedy in the developing world, prevention is important and treatment is by surgical repair. However, failure, broken f ...
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Source: PubMed
BJOG 2020 Jan 23
Our commitment for a fistula free Kenya.
Kenyatta HEM
Ngongo and colleagues have examined the methods of delivery and stillbirth rates among over 4000 women with obstetric fistula in Tanzania, Uganda, Ken ...
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Source: PubMed
BJOG 2020 Jan 21
Baseline renal function and renal ultrasound findings in patients with obstetric fistulas (RENFRU); a prospective cohort study.
Chang OH, Stokes MJ, Chalamanda C, Wilkinson J, Pope RJ
To describe and compare baseline renal anatomy and renal function in patients with obstetric fistulas, and to evaluate whether pre-operative renal tes ...
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Source: PubMed
BJOG 2020 Jan 17
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Delivery in the setting of obstructed labour.
Wilkinson JP, Chipungu E
In the article by Ngongo et al in this issue of BJOG (BJOG 2020) , the authors analyse a large data set of women with obstetric fistula. They conclude ...
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Source: PubMed
