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Urinary culture and morbidity in gynecological surgery
Author(s) -
Ohel Gonen,
Bahari Charles M.,
Edelstein Theodore,
Cohen Joel S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90075-9
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , urine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , gynecological surgery , physics , optics
Three hundred women undergoing gynecological surgery were evaluated as regards post‐operative morbidity and its relationship to urinary tract infections. The incidence of pre‐operative positive urine cultures was 6.3%. This was almost trippled post‐operatively. Post operative morbidity was found in 39% of the cases with the highest rate following vaginal surgery. Urinary tract infection was thought to be the cause in 20% of the cases, wound infection in 42% and unknown among 36% of the cases. It was found that the pre‐ and post‐operative urine cultures were poorly related to morbidity and it was particularly noted that 41% of patients who had positive post‐operative cultures suffered no morbidity at all. It was concluded that the mere finding of positive pos‐operative urine cultures may not have accounted for the morbidity in some of the cases and the need for further search of the cause is discussed.