Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Background: In developing countries, fistulae are generally caused by long obstructed labors. Obstetric fistula (OF) is a severe condition which can have devastating consequences for a woman’s life.Objective: Describe the socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with OF in Haut-Kat...

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Autores principales:	Joseph Nesambi, Olivier Mukuku, Prosper Kakudji, Jean-Baptiste Kakoma
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Publicado:	Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2019
Materias:	obstetric fistula socio-demographic delivery haut-katanga Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eab255db02e04ea3adb2f508a95100c22021-11-14T08:42:24ZSocio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo2783-2430https://doaj.org/article/eab255db02e04ea3adb2f508a95100c22019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://colorectalresearch.sums.ac.ir/article_45846_9b0c57769b802b408eadb9587a82d937.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2783-2430Background: In developing countries, fistulae are generally caused by long obstructed labors. Obstetric fistula (OF) is a severe condition which can have devastating consequences for a woman’s life.Objective: Describe the socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with OF in Haut-Katanga province in the DRCongo.Methods: This is a prospective descriptive study of 413 patients with OF in Haut-Katanga province during the period from September 2009 to December 2018.Results: At fistula occurrence, 53.3% of patients were younger than 20 years (mean age: 21.3 ± 6.7 years) and 65.8% were primiparous. More than half had primary education and 39.7% were illiterate; 70.2% of the patients were separated or divorced. Fistula developed after delivery at home in 239 (57.9%) of 413 women. A total of 393 (95.2%) women developed fistula after vaginal delivery. A total of 387 (93.7%) of the 413 women reported that the fetus did not survive the labor during which fistula developed. 92.3% had a vesico-vaginal fistula and the mean age of fistula was 6.5 years. Surgical repair was successful in 82.9%.Conclusion: Obstructed labor remains the most important cause of OF in Haut-Katanga. It is important to prevent OF arising from obstructive causes. The surgical treatment of OF will depend upon the type, size and location of fistula.Joseph NesambiOlivier MukukuProsper KakudjiJean-Baptiste KakomaShiraz University of Medical Sciencesarticleobstetric fistulasocio-demographicdeliveryhaut-katangaMedicineRENIranian Journal of Colorectal Research, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 1-5 (2019)
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spellingShingle	obstetric fistula socio-demographic delivery haut-katanga Medicine R Joseph Nesambi Olivier Mukuku Prosper Kakudji Jean-Baptiste Kakoma Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
description	Background: In developing countries, fistulae are generally caused by long obstructed labors. Obstetric fistula (OF) is a severe condition which can have devastating consequences for a woman’s life.Objective: Describe the socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with OF in Haut-Katanga province in the DRCongo.Methods: This is a prospective descriptive study of 413 patients with OF in Haut-Katanga province during the period from September 2009 to December 2018.Results: At fistula occurrence, 53.3% of patients were younger than 20 years (mean age: 21.3 ± 6.7 years) and 65.8% were primiparous. More than half had primary education and 39.7% were illiterate; 70.2% of the patients were separated or divorced. Fistula developed after delivery at home in 239 (57.9%) of 413 women. A total of 393 (95.2%) women developed fistula after vaginal delivery. A total of 387 (93.7%) of the 413 women reported that the fetus did not survive the labor during which fistula developed. 92.3% had a vesico-vaginal fistula and the mean age of fistula was 6.5 years. Surgical repair was successful in 82.9%.Conclusion: Obstructed labor remains the most important cause of OF in Haut-Katanga. It is important to prevent OF arising from obstructive causes. The surgical treatment of OF will depend upon the type, size and location of fistula.
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author	Joseph Nesambi Olivier Mukuku Prosper Kakudji Jean-Baptiste Kakoma
author_facet	Joseph Nesambi Olivier Mukuku Prosper Kakudji Jean-Baptiste Kakoma
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title	Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_short	Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full	Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_fullStr	Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full_unstemmed	Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_sort	socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in haut-katanga province, democratic republic of congo
publisher	Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/eab255db02e04ea3adb2f508a95100c2
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Socio-demographic and delivery characteristics of patients with obstetric fistula in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

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