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Causes and management of urogenital fistulas

A retrospective cohort study from a tertiary referral center in Saudi Arabia

Somaia A. Osman, Ahmed H. Al-Badr, Ola T. Malabarey, Ashraf M. Dawood, Badr N. AlMosaieed and Diaa E.E. Rizk
Saudi Medical Journal April 2018, 39 (4) 373-378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.4.21515
Somaia A. Osman
From the Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Osman, Al-Badr, Dawood), Women’s Specialized Hospital, the Urology Department (AlMosaieed), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rizk), College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; and from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Malabarey), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Ahmed H. Al-Badr
From the Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Osman, Al-Badr, Dawood), Women’s Specialized Hospital, the Urology Department (AlMosaieed), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rizk), College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; and from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Malabarey), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Ola T. Malabarey
From the Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Osman, Al-Badr, Dawood), Women’s Specialized Hospital, the Urology Department (AlMosaieed), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rizk), College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; and from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Malabarey), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Ashraf M. Dawood
From the Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Osman, Al-Badr, Dawood), Women’s Specialized Hospital, the Urology Department (AlMosaieed), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rizk), College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; and from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Malabarey), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Badr N. AlMosaieed
From the Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Osman, Al-Badr, Dawood), Women’s Specialized Hospital, the Urology Department (AlMosaieed), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rizk), College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; and from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Malabarey), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Diaa E.E. Rizk
From the Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Osman, Al-Badr, Dawood), Women’s Specialized Hospital, the Urology Department (AlMosaieed), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rizk), College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; and from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Malabarey), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2018, 39 (4) 373-378; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.4.21515
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