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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Sep 21;5(11):e1152–e1160. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30366-2

Table 3:

Incidence of fistula recurrence, residual urinary incontinence, and pregnancy

Fistula recurrence post-repair
Residual urinary incontinence
First pregnancy after repair
Events Incidence (95% CI) Events Incidence (95% CI) Events Incidence (95% CI)
Cumulative incidence per 1000 person-years
Total 73 71·0 (56·5–89·3) 24 23·1 (14·0–36·2) 67 106·0 (83·2–134·3)
Cumulative incidence by 6 month study period
6 months 27  5·6% (3·9–8·1)  4  0·8% (0·3–2·2)  5   1·7% (0·7–3·9)
12 months 12  8·2% (6·1–11·1)  4  1·7% (0·9–3·4) 19   8·1% (5·5–11·8)
18 months 17 12·4% (9·7–15·9)  7  3·4% (2·1–5·6) 24  17·6% (13·5–22·7)
24 months 10 15·5% (12·3–19·4)  1  3.7% (2·3–6·0)  9  21·9% (17·3–27·6)
30 months  4 16·9% (13·5–21·0)  1  4·1% (2·5–6·5)  6  25·2% (20·2–31·2)
≥36 months  3 18·4% (14·8–22·8)  7 10·3% (5·2–19·6)  4  28·4% (22·8–35·0)