Commonalities among women who experienced vesicovaginal fistulae as a result of obstetric trauma in Niger: results from a survey given at the National Hospital Fistula Center, Niamey, Niger.

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Published in Am J Obstet Gynecol on July 01, 2007

Authors

Larissa Meyer1, Charles J Ascher-Walsh, Rachael Norman, Abdoulaye Idrissa, Hadley Herbert, Oumou Kimso, Jeffrey Wilkinson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Access to Healthcare, Patient Comprehension and Future Plans of Women Undergoing Surgery for a Vesicovaginal Fistula in Niamey, Niger | NCT00911014

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