RT Book, Section A1 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 1004107142 T1 Rectovaginal Fistula T2 Quick Answers Surgery YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1004107142 RD 2024/11/06 AB • Passing stool and flatus through the vagina• Communication between the anterior wall of the rectum and posterior wall of the vagina• Tract generally visible or palpable• Etiologies include: -Obstetric injury-Crohn disease-Diverticulitis-Radiation-Undrained cryptoglandular disease-Foreign body trauma-Surgical extirpation of anterior rectal tumors-Malignancies of the rectum, cervix, or vagina• Classified as low, middle, or high• Considered low if can be repaired from a perineal approach• Considered high if must be repaired transabdominally