Vesicovaginal fistulas: our experience and review of literature.

Vesicovaginal fistulas (VVF) still represent a sad complication of surgery of the female genital system. In this article an extensive review of the literature was conducted, analyzing the etiological, pathological and clinical aspects, as well as the therapeutical problems. For this purpose, we have compared the many surgical techniques proposed for treatment of VVF and have also evaluated their results. Furthermore, we report on our series of 35 patients who had undergone treatment for VVF.