ABSTRACT
Objective: Urethral destruction of obstetric origin is frequent in North Africa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the results of urethral repair by vaginal flap in women affected by urethrovaginal fistulae
Patients and Methods: From January 1998 to December 2001, five patients were subjected to urethroplasty by vaginal flap mobilized from the anterior vaginal wall. The patients' age ranged from 30 to 45 years; all were primiparous with obstetric urethrovaginal fistulae revealed by permanent urinary leakage. The closures were realized in two continuous sutures of PDS 4/0 on a urethral catheter of 16 Fr. The ablation of the catheter was practised on the 10th postoperative day
Results: Urinary continence was achieved in four patients. The remaining patient had stress urinary leakage corrected by colposuspension. Recovery with good results was noted in 80% of the cases
Conclusion: This technique allowed us to achieve an improvement of the quality of urethral repair. Being an easily performed technique, it allows at the same time to achieve elegant, effective and reliable results