The influence of preoperative vaginal cleansing on postoperative infectious morbidity in abdominal total hysterectomy for benign indications: A study from the Swedish National Register for Gynecological Surgery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 408-416

  Kjølhede, Preben ^a   Halili, Shefqet ^a   Löfgren, Mats ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; national register; postoperative infections; risk factor; vaginal cleansing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA; VAGINITIS; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMEDICATION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHLORHEXIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 64849092079     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902795345     Document Type: Article

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