TY - JOUR
T1 - Lower reproductive tract fistula repairs in inpatient US women, 1979-2006
AU - Brown, Heidi W.
AU - Wang, Li
AU - Bunker, Clareann H.
AU - Lowder, Jerry L.
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Acknowledgments This publication was made possible by Grant Number UL1 RR024153 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH. Information on NCRR is available at http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Introduction and hypothesis: The objective of the study was to characterize trends in lower reproductive tract fistula (LRTF) repair in inpatient US women from 1979 to 2006. Methods: Retrospective data was obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Survey regarding LRTF diagnoses, demographics, comorbidities, and fistula repair procedures, using ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedure codes. Age-adjusted rates (AARs) were calculated using 1990 census data. Trends in LRTF surgical repair were evaluated using regression analysis. Results: Between 1979 and 2006, the AAR of LRTF repair declined from 7.8 to 4.8 per 100,000 women (b0-2.97, p< 0.001). The most common surgical fistula repairs were rectovaginal, vesicovaginal, and colovaginal. The AARs of colovaginal and vesicovaginal fistula repair remained stable, while the AAR of rectovaginal fistula repair declined. Conclusions: The AAR of inpatient LRTF repair declined between 1979 and 2006, perhaps reflecting a concurrent decrease in obstetric trauma, in the context of decreasing episiotomy and operative vaginal delivery and increasing cesarean section rates.
AB - Introduction and hypothesis: The objective of the study was to characterize trends in lower reproductive tract fistula (LRTF) repair in inpatient US women from 1979 to 2006. Methods: Retrospective data was obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Survey regarding LRTF diagnoses, demographics, comorbidities, and fistula repair procedures, using ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedure codes. Age-adjusted rates (AARs) were calculated using 1990 census data. Trends in LRTF surgical repair were evaluated using regression analysis. Results: Between 1979 and 2006, the AAR of LRTF repair declined from 7.8 to 4.8 per 100,000 women (b0-2.97, p< 0.001). The most common surgical fistula repairs were rectovaginal, vesicovaginal, and colovaginal. The AARs of colovaginal and vesicovaginal fistula repair remained stable, while the AAR of rectovaginal fistula repair declined. Conclusions: The AAR of inpatient LRTF repair declined between 1979 and 2006, perhaps reflecting a concurrent decrease in obstetric trauma, in the context of decreasing episiotomy and operative vaginal delivery and increasing cesarean section rates.
KW - Colovaginal fistula
KW - Hospital discharge data
KW - Rectovaginal fistula
KW - Surgical repair
KW - Vesicovaginal fistula
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U2 - 10.1007/s00192-011-1653-3
DO - 10.1007/s00192-011-1653-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 22278712
AN - SCOPUS:84863095657
SN - 0937-3462
VL - 23
SP - 403
EP - 410
JO - International Urogynecology Journal
JF - International Urogynecology Journal
IS - 4
ER -