Sling procedures after repair of obstetric vesicovaginal fistula in Niamey, Niger.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the results of sling procedures for stress incontinence after repair of vesicovaginal fistulae at the National Hospital in Niamey, Niger.

Methods: This study is a retrospective chart review of 701 women surgically treated for vesicovaginal fistulae. One hundred forty women subsequently underwent a sling procedure for stress incontinence after fistula repair.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy is an improvement over laparotomy in women with a limited number of myomas.

Study Objective: To compare surgical and immediate postoperative results of robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy vs myomectomy via laparotomy in patients with 3 myomas or fewer.

Design: Case-control (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital.