Iatrogenic vesico-vaginal fistula caused by shelf pessary.
2006
A Ray, and
U Esen, and
J Nwabineli
South Tyneside District General Hospital, South Shields, UK. arpitaray1970@hotmail.com
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007049
Iatrogenic Disease
Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by a patient during the course of treatment.
Devices worn in the vagina to provide support to displaced uterus or rectum. Pessaries are used in conditions such as UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE; or RECTOCELE.
Pessary
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000369
Aged, 80 and over
Persons 80 years of age and older.
Oldest Old
D014719
Vesicovaginal Fistula
An abnormal anatomical passage between the URINARY BLADDER and the VAGINA.