Surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has become very pop- ular after respectable success with minimal invasive surgeries. This is the first report of long term vaginocutaneous fistula (VCF) plus inguinal abcess after tension-free vaginal tape (TVT). A 67 year-old woman with vaginal discharge lasting more than 3 years complained with a painful swelling in the left ingui...

An English bulldog was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital-University of Wisconsin (VMTH-UW) for re-evaluation of an 8-year history of chronic, recurrent prostatitis and cystitis. The patient was first referred to the VMTH-UW at 11 months of age with a history of antibiotic-responsive hematuria and stranguria. Four urinary tract contrast studies were performed during the 8-year...

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of modified transperitoneal laparoscopic approach combined with transvaginal access without omental flap to repair complex vesicovaginal fistula after total hysterectomy. Methods: A total of 68 patients with high-up vesicovaginal fistula were retrospectively reviewed. In 15 cases, the surgery was completed using the laparoscopic transabdominal app...

BACKGROUND Primary lymphoma of the bladder is a rare condition with less than 100 cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION Here we present the case of a 64 year old woman with a 9 month history of haematuria, frequency, urinary incontinence and weight loss. Cystoscopy revealed a solid tumour throughout the whole bladder wall and a vesico-vaginal fistula. This was confirmed on CT sc...

The enterovesical fistula is a communication between the urinary tract and the colon and is a rare complication of various inflammatory and cancer diseases. The most frequent cause is represented by diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon and less frequently from Crohn's disease, tumors of the colon and bladder, trauma, radiation therapy and appendicitis. In this report we describe the occurrence o...

Introduction: Injury to the ureter is a risk of any pelvic or abdominal surgery. The anatomic proximity lower urinary tract and female reproductive system renders vulnerable injury during obstetric Gynecologic procedures. Ureterovaginal fistula an uncommon but serious sequela unrecognized distal ureteral surgeries because their common embryologic origin. Method: This study involved series 25 pa...

BACKGROUND Vesico-adnexal fistulae are rare. Potential causes of such fistulae include infection, endometriosis, and iatrogenic causes following pelvic surgeries. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of vesico-adnexal fistulae have been reported, and all these patients were treated surgically by removing the involved adnexa, excising the fistulous duct, and suturing the bladder. We descri...

Background Entero-vesical fistula (EVF) is an abnormal link between the enteric lumen and the urinary bladder. Crohn's disease (CD) represents, nowadays, the most common cause in the formation of this fistula. Materials and methods The aim of this study was to describe the diagnostic and treating modalities applied in nine patients with CD and EVFs, the clinical/epidemiological features of th...

Post-traumatic urethral damage resulting in urethrovaginal fistulas or strictures, though rare, should be suspected in patients who have unexpected urinary incontinence or lower urinary tract symptoms after pelvic surgery, pelvic fracture, a long-term indwelling urethral catheter, or pelvic radiation. Careful physical examination and cystourethroscopy are critical to diagnose and assess the ext...