Table 1: Demographics of successful vs. failed abdominal VVF repairs.

Success (n = 25) Failure (n = 8) p-value
Demographics
Age (years), Mean ± SD 44 ± 12 51 ± 11 0.17
Fistula size (cm) Mean ± SD 2.2 ± 2.1 1.3 ± 1.2 0.27
Previous fistula repair, n (%) 8 (32%) 4 (50%) 0.36
Location of fistula, n (%) 0.48
Trigone 13 (52%) 3 (38%)
Supratrigone 10 (40%) 4 (50%)
Bladder neck 0 1 (12%)
Not documented 2 (8%) 0
Time with fistula prior to repair (months) Mean ± SD* 9 ± 7 5 ± 2 0.47
Indwelling catheter at time of VVF repair, n (%) 5 (20%) 3 (38%) 0.32
Pre-op Comorbidities, n (%) 4 (16%) 4 (50%) 0.06
Smoking history 4 (16%) 4 (50%) 0.06
Etiology of fistula, n (%) 0.95
Hysterectomy 19 (76%) 6 (75%)
Other 6 (24%) 2 (25%)
Operative
Length of surgery (min) Mean ± SD** 238 ± 70 263 ± 241 0.71
Interpositional flap used, n (%) 13 (52%) 4 (50%) 0.92
Postoperative
Length of time with catheter (days) Mean ± SD 19 ± 6 19 ± 7 0.85
Postop OAB, n (%) 3 (14%) 4 (50%) 0.03

*Data available from 17 Success, 7 failures; **Data available from 14 Success, 7 failures.