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Delineating the anatomy of oncologic postradiation vesicovaginal fistulae with reconstructed computed tomography

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The key diagnosis and treating of vesicovaginal fistulae is accurate imaging. We illustrate the latest use of enhanced computed tomography for such cases.

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Lawrentschuk, N., Koulouris, G. & Bolton, D.M. Delineating the anatomy of oncologic postradiation vesicovaginal fistulae with reconstructed computed tomography. Int Urogynecol J 18, 955–957 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-006-0250-3

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