English example sentences with "fistula"

Obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that is caused by prolonged obstructed labor, leaving a woman incontinent; unable to control the flow of her urine or her feces.
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The obstetrician and gynecologist became involved with helping women suffering from fistula 17 years ago after visiting his aunt Valerie Browning in rural Ethiopia, who assisted women with terrible childbirth injuries.
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The report estimates the number of women living with fistula in sub-Saharan Africa at two million. But Dr. France Donnay of the U.N. Population Fund says the figure is probably a "gross underestimation."
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According to the report, women living with fistula are usually under 20, illiterate and poor.
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Obstetric fistula is a pregnancy-related disability caused by prolonged, obstructed labor.
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Fistula is both preventable and treatable and is virtually unheard of in the developed world.
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In the 19th century, there was a hospital in New York City devoted exclusively to fistula treatment. It closed 100 years ago when cases of fistula petered out.
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