Identifying opportunities for prevention of adverse outcomes following female genital fistula repair: protocol for a mixed-methods study in Uganda

• Main Authors: Alison M. El Ayadi (Author), Susan Obore (Author), Fred Kirya (Author), Suellen Miller (Author), Abner Korn (Author), Hadija Nalubwama (Author), John Neuhaus (Author), Monica Getahun (Author), Patrick Eyul (Author), Robert Twine (Author), Erin V. W. Andrew (Author), Justus K. Barageine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Female genital fistula is a traumatic debilitating injury, frequently caused by prolonged obstructed labor, affecting between 500,000-2 million women in lower-resource settings. Vesicovaginal fistula causes urinary incontinence, and other morbidity may occur during fistula develo...