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Prophylactic single‐dose metronidazole before abdominal hysterectomy
Author(s) -
WALKER E. M.,
GORDON A. J.,
WARREN R. E.,
HARE M. J.
Publication year - 1982
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.1471-0528.1982.tb05066.x
Subject(s) - metronidazole , abdominal hysterectomy , medicine , hysterectomy , pessary , vagina , anaerobic bacteria , anaerobic infection , surgery , anaerobic exercise , antibiotics , bacteria , biology , physiology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Summary. The vagina is a common source of non‐sporing anaerobic bacteria which may be the cause of postoperative infection after hysterectomy. A single vaginal pessary containing 1 g of metronidazole inserted the night before abdominal hysterectomy reduced the mean duration of postoperative pyrexia from 15·4 to 8·3 h ( P <0·05).