Early primary endoscopic realignment of complete traumatic rupture of the posterior urethra is a simple, rapid and non-traumatic technique. We have recently treated 5 patients in this manner. All are continent and 4 are potent. Four patients were followed up for 1 year. One patient required no further management and had excellent urinary flow rates. The other 3 developed short secondary strictures which were managed successfully by 1 or 2 internal urethrotomies.
Objective: To analyze the management of VVF in the Service of Urology-Andrology Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University Hospital in Conakry. Materials and Methods: From January 2012 to December 2013, 152 patients with a mean age of 30 years (14-80 years) were hospitalized in the Departments of Urology-Andrology and Gynecology-Obstetrics of the Conakry University Hospital Center. Clinically fistulas were divided according to the classification of Benchekroun as single, complex and complicated. The fistulas were diagnosed after a minimum period of three months and the results were assessed with a mean follow-up of 7 months (range 3 to 10 months) according to the following criteria: complete healing, intermediate healing and failure. Results: Fistulas occur mainly in young multiparous women. The obstetric etiology was dominant (98%). Clinically, there were 30% simple fistulas, 46% complex fistulas and 24% of complicated fistulas. From a therapeutic standpoint, the treatment consisted of a single fistulorraphie (Chassar Moir) in 82% of cases and a fistulorraphie with interposition of healthy tissue in 18% of cases. After a mean follow-up of 7 months we obtained a healing in 62% of cases, a failure in 31% of cases and the results were intermediate in 7% of cases. Conclusion: It appears that the VVF represents a public health concern in Guinea and surgical treatment is technical difficult due to the higher frequency of complex fistulas.
The objective of the study was to report the results of the surgery of the Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) transection types at CHU Conakry. Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study that focused on 64 patients operated for VVF transection type at the Urology department of CHU Conakry between January 2013 and December 2015. Four types of transection were defined according to the state of the urethra and vagina, the size of the fistula, the peri-fistulous tissue and associated lesions. The variables studied were the proportion of transection, age, the type of transection, the number of previous cures, the operative technique, the complications and the results after a follow-up of 3 months. Results: Transection accounted for 47.05% of the obstetric fistulas. The average age was 25.18 years old (14-43 years old). This was a Type I transection (11 cases), type II (27 cases), type III (19 cases) and type IV (7 cases). The surgical approach was vaginal in 64 cases. Fistulorraphy with a confection of a new cervix and cervico-urethral anastomosis was conducted in 19 patients, combined with bladder flap urethroplasty (30 patients) or vaginal flap (15 others). We recorded healing in 37 cases. Conclusion: Transection type VVF is a severe VVF. The preferential surgical approach was vaginal. Technical difficulties were related to associate lesions and the continence system affected.
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