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Diagnosis and management of ureterovaginal fistula in a resource limited setting: a 12 years’ experience at four fistula surgery centers in Uganda

2023-04-24

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<h4>Background: </h4> Ureterovaginal fistulae usually follow iatrogenic injury to the ureter during pelvic surgery. This manifests as urine incontinence and results in serious psychosocial effects to the women. Ureterovaginal fistulae unlike vesicovaginal fistulae present challenges in diagnosis and management especially in resource constrained settings. <h4>Objective: </h4> To describe the magnitude, aetiology,...

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Literature Corpus work: 64bbca17-c333-5d3f-85ba-aa75ad426354
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2837073/v1

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