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The mean age was 32.9\u2009\u00b1\u200911.6 years, 80.6% of patients (286\/355) lived in rural areas, and the majority had a low level of education (40% no formal education, 30.1% primary school, 28.7% secondary school). In total, 64.8% of patients were primiparous (230\/355) and in all (100%) cases, OVUF was caused iatrogenically during cesarean delivery. Majority (76.3%) of patients laboured for one day or less (mean duration 1.0\u2009\u00b1\u20090.5 days) before giving birth, and the fetus died in 58.3% of cases. In 35.8% of cases, the fistula had lasted more than 10 years (mean age 10.1\u2009\u00b1\u200910.0 years) before repair. A proportion of 88.2% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009313) of OVUF was isolated while 11.3% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200940) was associated with a uretero-vaginal fistula. In 82.8% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009294) of cases the OVUF was single. The average fistula size was 2.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.0\u00a0cm (range: 0.5 and 5.5\u00a0cm) and 274 (77.2%) fistulas measured between 1.5 and 3\u00a0cm, with 14.9% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200953) of them larger than 3\u00a0cm. Fibrosis was present in 65.1% of cases, cervical involvement was absent in 97.7% and post-operative complications were absent in 94.4%. In all cases, the OVUF was surgically repaired abdominally with a success rate of 97.5% (346\/355).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The proportion of OVUF is relatively high in the DRC.  Most affected patients were young, under-educated, primiparous women living in rural areas. Cesarean section was the sole identified cause of OVUF which was isolated, single, without fibrosis, in majority of cases. Abdominal repair of OVUF was very effective, with good results in almost all cases. 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