Characteristics and repair outcome of patients with Vesicovaginal fistula managed in Jimma University teaching Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and obstetric variables of vesicovaginal fistula patients Repaired between 2011 and 2014

Variable		Number (n = 168)	Percent
Age in years	<18 years	17	10.1
Age in years	≥18 years	151	89.9
Parity	I	66	39.3
	II-IV	62	36.9
	≥V	40	23.8
Duration of labor	1 day	35	20.8
	2–3 days	109	64.9
	>3 days	24	14.3
Place of delivery	Health facility	121	72.0
Place of delivery	Home	47	28.0
Mode of delivery	Vaginal delivery	67	39.9
	Instrumental	23	13.7
	Cesarean Section	41	24.4
	Hysterectomy	37	22.0
Special consideration (Goh classification)	Previous repair	14	8.3
	Circumferential	38	22.6
	Ureteric fistula	2	1.2
	No special consideration	114	67.9
Surgery approach	abdominal	7	4.2
Surgery approach	Vaginal	161	95.8
Type of anesthesia	General Anesthesia	49	29.2
Type of anesthesia	Spinal Anesthesia	119	70.8
Duration of bladder catheter	10 days	2	1.2
	14 days	124	73.8
	21 days	42	25.0
Type of obstetric fistula (anatomic classification)	Mid-vaginal VVF	94	56.0
	Circumfrential VVF	38	22.6
	Juxta cervical VVF	25	14.9
	Ureteric fistula	2	1.2
	Juxta urethral VVF	4	2.4
	Other	5	2.9
Fetal outcome	Alive	24	14.3
Fetal outcome	Still birth	144	85.7

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