Is preoperative vaginal cleansing necessary for control of infection after first trimester vacuum curettage?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 650-653

  Varli, Ingela Hulthén ^a   Lindelius, Anna ^a   Bergström, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abortion; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Postoperative infection; Preoperative cleansing

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CURETTAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 21444457559     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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