A 73-year-old man presented with right lower back pain and dysuria. Right hydronephrosis and a large pelvic large mass were seen on computed tomography (CT). Although his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVesicovaginal fistulas (VVFs) caused after radiation are difficult to repair and require interposition of non-irradiated, well-vascularized tissue between urinary bladder and vagina. A 48-year-old female suffered cervical cancer and underwent radical hysterectomy followed by radiation therapy which caused VVF. The initial surgical repair performed 3 months after development of VVF, was unsuccessful because of the absence of peritoneum or omentum to interpose between urinary bladder and vagina probably due to history of cesarean section and radical hysterectomy.
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