Table 2.
Procedures in which iatrogenic fistula occurred
| Procedure causing iatrogenic fistula | Waaldijk classification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type I (vesico-cervico-vaginal fistula) | Type II (vault fistula) | Type III (ureteric injury) | Total (100 %) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Obstetric procedures | |||||||
| Cesarean section | 324 | 70.1 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 29.8 | 462 |
| Repair of ruptured uterus | 9 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 64.0 | 25 |
| Hysterectomy for ruptured uterus | 16 | 10.0 | 86 | 54.1 | 57 | 35.8 | 159 |
| Gynecological procedures | |||||||
| Gynecological hysterectomy | 1 | 0.6 | 95 | 60.1 | 62 | 39.2 | 158 |
| Other | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 351 | 181 | 273 | 805 | |||