Equatorial Guinea - Campaign to End Fistula

TABLE 18:
FAILURES NOTED ON MEDICAL TREATMENTS ACCORDING TO AGE
OF WOMEN AND NUMBER OF OBSTETRIC FISTULA REPARATIONS
(JUNE 2005)
AGE OF FISTULA ON NUMBER OF FAILURES ON REPARATION
WOMEN (YEARS) NO OPERAT ONCE TWICE THREE TIMES MORE THAN 3
10 TO 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 TO 19 5 1 0 0 1 7
20 TO 24 8 0 0 0 0 8
25 TO 29 5 3 1 0 0 9
30 TO 34 5 1 5 0 0 11
35 TO 39 3 1 1 1 0 6
40 TO 44 3 1 2 0 0 6
45 TO 49 3 0 0 0 1 4
More than 50 10 3 0 0 2 15
42 10 9 1 4 66
TOTAL
GRAPHIC 18:
FAILURES NOTED ON MEDICAL TREATMENTS ACCORDING TO AGE AND
NUMBER OF REPARATIONS OF OBSTETRIC FISTULA
(JUNIO 2005).
N. Women
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
NO OPERAT
ONCE
TWICE
THREE TIM ES
MORE THAN 3
More than
50
45 TO 49
40 TO 44
35 TO 39
30 TO 34
25 TO 29
20 TO 24
15 TO 19
10 TO 14
Period of apparition
Comments:
Due to economical defficiencies, the lact of obstetric fistula repair centers as well as qualified personnel in Equatorial Guinea,
the lack of information of women themselves on obstetric fistula reparation possibilities the negative influence of quackeries,
makes that the major number of obstetric fistula cases were not surgically operated, with 47 cases ( 71%). Nevertheless, they
have been cases of therapeutic failures, some of them carried out abroad with 10 cases after the first operation (15%) 9 cases
after the second operation (13%) and 5 cases with more than 2 operations (8%). These failures pointes out the team of
obstetric fistula repair specialists on the ruling process, depending on each group of cases. In this basis, it is considered that
operations of more than 2 times are often risky and difficult to recuperate. These data recommends the elaboration of a
national plan of obstetric fistula repair, assisted technically by specialist on the matter.
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