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Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal 9/2016

08.07.2016 | Letter to the Editor

Author’s reply to letter from Dr. Ahmed Al-Badr on: “Trends in the aetiology of urogenital fistula: a case of ‘retrogressive evolution’?”

verfasst von: Paul Hilton

Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal | Ausgabe 9/2016

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I am grateful to Dr. Al-Badr for his letter in response to my commentary on trends in the aetiology of urogenital fistula. I made the point that there appear to be secular trends in the aetiology of fistula both in high-income countries (with an increasing risk of vesicovaginal fistula and ureteric injury following hysterectomy) and in low- and middle-income countries (with an increasing risk of iatrogenic fistulae in comparison with true obstetric fistulae). My thesis was based on data from the UK and USA and from correspondence with colleagues in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. …
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Titel
Author’s reply to letter from Dr. Ahmed Al-Badr on: “Trends in the aetiology of urogenital fistula: a case of ‘retrogressive evolution’?”
verfasst von
Paul Hilton
Publikationsdatum
08.07.2016
Verlag
Springer London
Erschienen in
International Urogynecology Journal / Ausgabe 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-016-3083-8

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