Open AccessPost‐Operative Wound Complications
Author(s) -
Siimes Anja,
Vartiainen Eero,
Widholm Olof
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347009157247
Subject(s) - medicine , hysterotomy , surgery , abortion , staphylococcus aureus , wound infection , pregnancy , gestation , bacteria , genetics , biology
. The wound complications occurring after a total of over 32 000 gynaecological operations from 1955 to 1967 have been analysed. The average rate of infection was 2.9%. Staphylococcus aureus was found in 29% of cases and in 24% of swabs E. coli was observed. Altogether Gram‐negative bacilli were found in 27% of the infected wounds. Clear differences can be noticed in the numbers of complications following different operations, the fewest complications occurring after abortion made by hysterotomy and operations for malignant disease, and the greatest number after total hysterectomies and operations for incontinence. Prophylactic appendicectomies increased the rate of wound infections to 4.3%.