OBSTRUCTED LABOUR: THE MAIN CAUSE OF VESICO - VAGINAL FISTULA – REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Abstract

This paper examined obstructed labour as a major aetiological factor causing vesico-vaginal fistula among women. Research has shown that the main cause of fistula among women is prolonged and unrelieved pressure on the woman's pelvic wall which hitherto causes a puncture in the bladder; this has led to so many shattered homes, lives, and hopes. It has turned so many women homeless and into beggars and destitutes. However, the study also carried out a detailed comparative review of other aetiological factors leading to Fistula.