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PELVIC SHORT WAVE DIATHERMY GIVEN INADVERTENTLY IN EARLY PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Imrie Alastair H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb00195.x
Subject(s) - diathermy , pregnancy , medicine , pelvis , obstetrics , abortion , surgery , gynecology , genetics , biology
Summary Three cases are reported in which short‐wave diathermy was inadvertently given to the pelvis in the early weeks of pregnancy. Two term deliveries and one abortion resulted. The rise in intrauterine temperature during short‐wave diathermy treatment was measured and it is concluded that apart from the time of fertilization, the danger to the pregnancy from this accident is not as great as has been supposed.