Vagino-cutaneous fistula: unreported, under-reported or unheralded?

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dc.contributor.authorRamji, Ashwath Narayanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T07:57:31Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T07:57:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractFistulas are communicating tracts between two surfaces, linking structures and planes that should, under normal circumstances, not be in dialogue. They may be congenital or acquired and are most commonly associated with the gastrointestinal and ano-rectal territories, where they link two different organ systems internally, or track outwards, creating a communicating channel between the internal viscera and the skin surface. Vaginal fistulas on occasion result from perineal tears due to traumatic delivery, or less commonly, infection or non-healing of the episiotomy wound, and are of the rectovaginal or vesicovaginal variety. Very rarely, the channel from the vagina tracks to an opening in the skin. This is the report of a patient who developed the rare vagino-cutaneous fistula following a normal vaginal delivery with episiotomy, and review of the limited literature available about the peculiar entity, so rare that no previous reports of vagino-cutaneous fistulas developing after vaginal delivery with episiotomy could be found.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Surgery, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationRamji Ashwath Narayan. Vagino-cutaneous fistula: unreported, under-reported or unheralded?. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019 Jul; 8(7): 2932-2936en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-1770
dc.identifier.issn2320-1789
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/206895
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20193073en_US
dc.subjectEpisiotomyen_US
dc.subjectFistulaen_US
dc.subjectObstetric fistulaen_US
dc.subjectPerineal fistulaen_US
dc.subjectVagino-cutaneous fistulaen_US
dc.subjectVaginal fistulaen_US
dc.titleVagino-cutaneous fistula: unreported, under-reported or unheralded?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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