Infections are common in women of all ages starting from young girls to newly married [HONEYMOON CYSTITIS] to elderly postmenopausal women.
In each group the cause may be different and requires thorough examination.
Some women also suffer from TUBERCULOSIS of urinary tract.
10. VESICO-UTERINE FISTULA
• UNDETECTED BLADDER INJURY
DURING A CAESAREAN SECTION
• PRESENTS WITH URINE LEAK THRU
CERVIX
• CYCLICAL HEMATURIA WITHOUT ANY
URINARY LEAK--
19. URETERO-UTERINE FISTULA
• RAREST FORM OF URINARY FISTULA
• 0.02% FOLLOWING CAESAREAN
• MORE COMMON ON LEFT SIDE
• DUE TO DEXTRO-ROTATION
• BLIND ATTEMPT AT HEMOSTASIS
21. PREVENTION OF BLADDER
INJURIES
• FOCUS ON 3 AREAS
• OPENING THE PERITONEUM
• FULL BLADDER
• PREVIOUS SURGERY
• MOBILIZING THE BLADDER OFF THE
UTERUS
• CLOSURE OF UTERUS OR VAULT
22. PREVENTION OF URETERIC
INJURIES
• IDENTIFY HIGH RISK CASES
• PID,ENDOMETRIOSIS, OVARIAN
TUMORS,BROAD LIG. OR CERVICAL
FIBROID
• PREOP-IVP
• INTRAOP STENTING
• AVOID SKELETONIZING THE URETERS
23. DIAGNOSIS
• BEST TIME TO DETECT IS DURING
SURGERY
• HIGH INDEX OF SUSPICION
• WHEN IN DOUBT – CALL A UROLOGIST
24. BLADDER INJURIES
• CHECK FOR INTEGRITY BY FILLING
SALINE
• ANY BLADDER REPAIR – POST OP
INDWELLING CATHETERIZATION
• DON’T HESITATE TO PUT AN SPC
WHEN INJURY IS EXTENSIVE
25. URETERIC INJURIES
• HIGH INDEX OF SUSPICION
ANY DIFFICULT DISSECTION
CYSTOSCOPY AND RGP UNDER
FLOROSCOPY
WHEN IN DOUBT, SAFER TO STENT
26. POST-OP URINE LEAK
• WHAT NEXT?
• DIAGNOSIS – TYPE OF FISTULA
• HISTORY – TOTAL / PARADOXICAL
• EXAM.- LEAK P/V OR PER URETHRA
27. DIAGNOSIS OF TYPE OF
FISTULA
USG -
• VVF / VESICO-UTERINE FISTULA
NORMAL KIDNEYS
BLADDER MAY BE EMPTY
• UVF / URETERO-UTERINE FISTULA
HYDRONEPHROSIS