Between 1999 and 2005 116 women with obstetric fistulas were treated at 6 "fistula camps" in rural Sindh Pakistan. This report provides detail on the characteristics of these patients and the results of treatment. A gynecologic team from the cities where treatments would be performed visited surrounding rural areas 3 months prior to the camps. Patients were examined appointments were made for surgery and any needed preoperative therapy such as iron supplementation for anemia was initiated. The types and causes of the fistulas are shown in Table 2. The main surgical cause was hysterectomy and of the 2 ureteric fistulas one was associated with ureterolithotomy and the other with cesarean section. The fistula followed a first pregnancy in 39.4% of cases a rate lower than those reported in a series from Africa. (excerpt)