Obstetrics & Gynaecology – MCQ 83 – Initial treatment of rectovaginal fistula

Patients of Rectovaginal fistula should be initially treated with:
A. Colostomy
B. Primary repair
C. Colporrhaphy
D. Anterior resection

Correct answer : A. Colostomy

The definitive treatment is surgery. But to increase the success rate of surgery, colostomy can be done initially. This decreases inflammation.

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MONA ALAWWAD November 18, 2014

COLOSTOMY TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF RVF NOT IN ALL CASES

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