In this population of women undergoing obstetric VVaF/UVaF repair, patients having undergone more surgeries and those with greater tissue fibrosis had greater odds of failed fistula closure. This emphasizes the importance of the initial fistula repair surgery as the best chance for fistula closure in these patients sustaining life-changing pelvic floor injury.
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