Publication Feature: Chronic schistosomiasis infection and obstetric fistula repair outcomes in Lubango, Angola: A retrospective chart review

Dr. Esther Chin (our MGSC alumni), along with Annelise OlsonStephen FosterSteven Arrowsmith, and Andrew Browning, have recently published the results of a study to assess the association between chronic schistosomiasis infection, determined by bladder biopsies, and vesicovaginal (VVF) repair outcomes at an urban hospital in Angola. Other objectives were to quantify the prevalence of chronic schistosomiasis among patients with VVF and to assess agreement between pelvic X-rays and bladder biopsies for chronic schistosomiasis diagnosis.

This study was based on Dr. Chin’s final MGSC project as part of SURG 560 Global Surgical Care Field Practicum.

Read the article here.

Read Esther’s SURG 560 Final Report here.