ABSTRACT Introduction: The transverse vaginal septum (TVS) with congenital urethra-vaginal fistula (CUVF) is a rare anomaly of the mullerian duct (1, 2). Incomplete channelling of the vaginal plate, or an abnormality in the fusion of the vaginal component of mullerian duct with the urogenital sinus resu...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Neobladder vaginal fistula (NVF) is a known complication after cystectomy and orthotopic diversion in women, occurring in 3-5% of women. Possible risk factors for fistula formation include compromised tissue vascularity due to surgical dissection and/or radiotherapy, suture line p...
ABSTRACT Standard radical cystectomy (RC) in women involves removal of the distal ureters, bladder, proximal urethra, uterus, ovaries, and adjacent vagina. Furthermore, pelvic organ-preserving RC to treat selected women has become an accepted technique and may confer better postoperative sexual and urina...
Introducción: El tratamiento del cáncer de cuello uterino con radiaciones ionizantes y quimioterapia radiosensibilizadora puede tener como complicación la generación de fístulas vaginales. El objetivo del presente estudio fue establecer la prevalencia de fístulas vaginales en un grupo de pacientes ...
As doenças inflamatórias intestinais (DIIs) compreendem, principalmente, a doença de Crohn (DC) e a retocolite ulcerativa (RU), ambas idiopáticas, porém relacionadas a uma resposta imunológica anormal à microbiota bacteriana da luz intestinal. Na RU a inflamação é difusa, restrita à mucosa e i...
