Vaginal cleansing and postoperative infectious morbidity in vaginal hysterectomy. A register study from the Swedish national register for gynecological surgery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-71

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

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Postoperative infection; register study; risk factors; vaginal cleansing; vaginal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

EID: 79951501164     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2010.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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