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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 20 August 2018
Main ID:  ACTRN12617001072303
Date of registration: 24/07/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Judith Goh AO
Public title: Are women with fistulas from obstructed labour shorter than those who have had a normal delivery?
Scientific title: Are women with obstetric fistula shorter that those who had a vaginal delivery?
Date of first enrolment: 16/12/2013
Target sample size: 650
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12617001072303.aspx
Study type:  Observational
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
vaginal delivery
vaginal fistula
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Obstetric fistula is due to prolonged obstructed labour causing pressure necrosis in the maternal genital tract and surrounding organs, in particular the lower urinary tract and anorectum. Women with fistulas have an abnormal communication between the vagina and urethra/bladder and/or anorectum. These women leak urine continuously and/or faeces through the vagina.

The height measurement is a once of at time of hospital admission. This is routine done on admission for all patients.
Measurement of height in women on admission to hospital - for women to birth suite who had normal deliveries and women attending the hospital with gynaecological conditions and have had normal deliveries.
Measurement of height in women with obstetric fistulas.
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