Spontaneous closure of urethrovaginal fistula associated with pelvic fracture

Abstract

Female urethral injury following pelvic fracture is a rare entity. Due to the absence of large series, management guidelines are still not standardized. Patients can have associated urethrovaginal or vesicovaginal fistula, management of which poses a major challenge to the reconstructive urologist. Spontaneous closure of fistula produced by gynecological or obstetrical injuries have been described in the literature. Spontaneous closure of fistula caused due to pelvic fracture has not been described in the literature.

Keywords

• Mitrofanoff procedure
• pelvic fracture
• spontaneous closure
• urethrovaginal fistula
• vesicovaginal fistula