TABLE 2.
Treatment outcomes for women undergoing surgical repair for obstetric fistula according to type of fistula at hospital discharge, and at 3 and 6 months follow-up, Gitega, Burundi, April 2010–December 2011
| Fistula type | Hospital discharge |
3 months follow-up |
6 months follow-up |
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| Fistula closed* | Continent* | Presented† | Fistula closed‡ | Continent‡ | Presented§ | Fistula closed¶ | Continent¶ | ||
| All types (n = 475) | 415 (87) | 318 (67) | 244 (59) | 240 (98) | 187 (77) | 73 (18) | 73 (100) | 63 (86) | |
| VVF (n = 412) | 364 (88) | 269 (65) | 213 (58) | 209 (98) | 156 (73) | 57 (18) | 57 (100) | 47 (82) | |
| RVF (n = 43) | 42 (98) | 40 (93) | 26 (62) | 26 (100) | 26 (100) | 15 (35) | 15 (100) | 15 (100) | |
| VVF and RVF (n = 19) | 9 (47) | 4 (21) | 5 (56) | 5 (100) | 4 (80) | 1 (11) | 1 (100) | 0 | |
Denominator for each row is the total number (n) in the column ‘fistula type’.
Denominator for each row is the total number in the column ‘fistula closed’ at hospital discharge.
Denominator for each row is the total number in the column ‘presented’ at 3 months follow-up.
Denominator for each row is the total number in the column ‘fistula closed’ at hospital discharge minus those broken down at 3 months follow-up.
Denominator for each row is the total number in the column ‘presented’ at 6 months follow-up.
VVF = vesico-vaginal fistula; RVF = recto-vaginal fistula.