TO DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY OF RECURRENCE IN TRANSVAGINAL REPAIR OF VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA

ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the frequency of recurrence in transvaginal repair of vesicovaginal fistula.
Study Design: Descriptive study.
Place and Duration: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. 01 year duration from Feb, 2012 to Jan, 2013.
Methods: Sample size was 97 patients and technique was non-probability convenient sampling. Objectives were
assessed with proforma and data was analyzed in SPSS 10.0 The mean age of the patients was 30.5 years with range
of 15-53 years. In our study 97 patients under went transvaginal repair.
Results: Eighty nine patients (91.7%) were declared successful on 28th post operative day after taking history and
clinical examination in the outdoor department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Recurrence of fistula was
observed in 8 patients (8.2%).
Conclusions: Transvaginal repair of VVF bears good success rate of 92% in management of vesicovaginal fistula.