Predictors and outcome of surgical repair of obstetric fistula at a regional referral hospital, Mbarara, western Uganda

This study demonstrated that large fistula size, circumferential fistulae and marked vaginal scarring are predictors for unsuccessful fistula repair while predictors for residual stress incontinence after successful fistula closure were urethral involvement, circumferential fistulae and previous unsuccessful fistula repair.