Profile and Outcome of Obstetric Fistula Surgeries in a Fistula Care Centre in South-East Nigeria

Prolonged obstructed labour is the main cause of obstetric vesico-vaginal fistula, however there is growing perception that a proportion of cases may be arising from surgical complications and errors. This study intends to evaluate this observation. A retrospective study of 378 eligible cases of obstetric VVF repaired over a five-year period. Requisite information was retrieved from hospital case records. Dataentry and analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Means and SD, Chi square test and the level of significance set at p0.05). There is a worrisome proportion of obstetric VVF from caesarean sections. Our success rates in obstetric VVF repair appears satisfactory; more effort be made in strengthening the referral system and impacting correct surgical skills especially in areas of caesarean section.