Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
 Research Article   
                                        
                                                                                Risk factors for the incidence of rectovaginal fistula and the size of rectovaginal fistula in the urogynecology and reconstruction polyclinic of Dr. Soetomo general academic hospital in 2016-2020 
                                                                                Author(s): Handini Dwi Safitri Sukma, Eighty Mardiyan Kurniawati*, Ira Humairah and Gatut Hardianto             
                                        
                                                                                
                                 Introduction: Rectovaginal fistula is a complication that is  often caused by obstetric trauma, but currently rectovaginal fistula is more  often caused by non-obstetric complications. Risk factors such as age, parity,  fetal weight, history of malignancy, history of infection, history of  gynecological surgery can increase the possibility of rectovaginal fistula in  patients who suffer from it. With patient characteristics that are different  from other countries, this study aims to describe the risk factors associated  with the size of rectovaginal fistulas that form at RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya,  Indonesia.
Methods: This type of research is descriptive  observational with a retrospective research design. The risk factors examined  in this study were age, parity, fetal weight, history of malignancy, history of  infection, and history of gyne.. Read More»