April 2020

Objective: To describe the circumstances of occurrence, identify potential risk factors and the surgical outcome of rectovaginal obstetric fistula in Northern Cameroon. Conclusion Obstetric recto-vaginal fistula patients in Far North Cameroon had a high parity, delivered in a facility usually within 24 hours of labour, lost their foetus if they had a combination of fistulas, […]

Some studies present the result of obstetric vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) repair including repeating operations for the same patient [1]. Other studies present the result only as successful closure without taking into consideration the continence status [2]. WHO proposes the successful closure rate for first repair at 85% in each facility with the continence achievement among […]

To describe the circumstances of occurrence and identify potential risk factors for obstetric fistula in northern Cameroon. Results Among obstetric fistula patients, 60% had lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years at the time of surgery. Eighty-one percent of patients had received no formal education and 86% were teenagers at their first delivery. […]

This study seeks to identify what the women who live in Maroua Cameroon know and think about obstetric fistula. Results The women who had no previous knowledge of it were generally the illiterate (41.7% compared to 18.8%). More than a third of the women who had an idea of the fistula do not know that […]

Surgical Outcome of Genito-urinary obstetric fistulas (GUOF) with urethral involvement were fibrous with large size. The rate of closure with continence was less satisfactory in case of urethral involvement. Results We analyzed the data of 92 GUOF patients, 23 (25.0%) with urethral involvement and 69 without. The fistulas with urethral involvement were more likely to […]