Table 3.
Surgical outcomes at discharge for women receiving treatment at GFC, Gitega, Burundi according to the fistula type and the complexity of the fistula
|
Surgical outcome* |
Type of obstetric fistula |
Complexity of the fistula |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
VVF |
RVF |
n (%) VVF &RVF n |
Non-complex |
Complex** |
|
| n (%) | n (%) | (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
|
Total |
395 |
41 |
18 |
114 |
340 |
454 |
|
Fistula Closed |
341 (86) |
38 (93) |
15 (83) |
114 (100) |
280 (82) |
394 (87) |
| Continent |
258 (75) |
36 (95) |
7 (47) |
99 (87) |
202 (72) |
301 (76) |
| Incontinent |
83 (21) |
2 (5) |
8 (53) |
15 (13) |
78 (28) |
93 (23) |
|
Fistula Unclosed |
53 (13) |
3 (7) |
3 (17) |
0 (0) |
59 (17) |
59 (13) |
| Fistula status unknown | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) |
GFC Gitega fistula centre, VVF Vesico-vaginal fistula, RVF Recto-vaginal fistula.
* Includes the 31 women in whom conservative treatment was unsuccessful.
** Includes: multiple fistulae, RVF or mixed VVF/RVF, fistula greater than 4 cm in size, failed previous surgical repair attempts and/or type II or III fistula according to the Kees Waaldijk classification system [15].