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Obstetric Fistula
Robert Fyfe Zacharin
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Description for Obstetric Fistula
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJS; MJT; MNC; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
Obstetric fistula is as old as mankind. While the incidence has diminished progressively with better health care in Western societies, the situation has changed little in many developing countries. Fistulae of pelvic organs, often monstrous defects, still are a major complication of child-birth causing misery to uncounted young women, and if they cannot find help in one of the very few hospitals with trained specialists, they became urological cripples losing everything: family, home and job. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated by some figures given by Reginald and Catherine Hamlin-about 700 fistula patients treated each year-a total of over ... Read more
Obstetric fistula is as old as mankind. While the incidence has diminished progressively with better health care in Western societies, the situation has changed little in many developing countries. Fistulae of pelvic organs, often monstrous defects, still are a major complication of child-birth causing misery to uncounted young women, and if they cannot find help in one of the very few hospitals with trained specialists, they became urological cripples losing everything: family, home and job. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated by some figures given by Reginald and Catherine Hamlin-about 700 fistula patients treated each year-a total of over ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Vienna, Austria
ISBN
9783709189238
SKU
V9783709189238
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99-15
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