Researchers in the DRC have developed the LUSSY score, a predictive tool that helps assess the risk of failed surgical ...

Given that millions of women in the developing world suffer from obstetric fistula, this tremendous public health issue requires immediate attention. Increasing the resources and skilled staff ...

as well as urging post-surgery follow-up and tracking of fistula patients. Nearly half a million women and girls worldwide are living with obstetric fistula. Thousands of new cases occur annually.

Obstetric fistula, whether a vesicovaginal or rectovaginal fistula, occurs as a result of inadequate care in pregnancy and childbirth. Fistula can be repaired with a simple vaginal surgery.

Each year, an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 new cases of obstetric fistula ... women in Kenya about fistula care camps, enabling them to access much-needed services. post-surgery, ensuring that ...

[File, Standard] Every year, Webuye County Hospital in Bungoma County reports a backlog of 10,000 fistula cases. Dr Simon Kisaka, the facility's Medical Superintendent attributed obstetric fistula ...

The sod has been cut for the construction of an obstetric fistula centre at the Yendi Government Hospital to enhance the management of fistula cases ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(4):286-294. Direct and indirect factors predisposing to prolonged and obstructed labor include malpresentation and cephalopelvic disproportion. Malpresentation ...