The changing social implications of vesicovaginal fistulas: linking vesical catheters--a useful adjunct.

Constant urinary leakage is a serious social and physical problem accompanying a vesicovaginal fistula in curable and incurable patients. The method of linking vesical catheterization is presented as a useful adjunct available to the urologic surgeon. Its applicability in the curable patient awaiting operation and the incurable or inoperable patient is described.