Open AccessThe Vienna Method of Prophylaxis Against Complications After Radical Surgery for Cancer of the Uterus 1
Author(s) -
Gitsch Eduard,
Palmrich Adolf Hans
Publication year - 1971
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 - 10.3109/00016347109157282
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , uterus , prophylactic treatment , ileus , postoperative ileus , radical surgery , cancer
With the help of thz Vienna method, the most important urological, intestinal and thromboembolic complications can be reduced substantially: ureterovaginal fistulae from 5 to 0.68%, residual urine from 19.28 to 3.75 %, pyelitis and pyelonephritis from 9.28 to 2.13%, whereas postoperative surgical complications, c.g. ileus and postoperative meteorism, can be avoided altogether. Thromboembolic complications dropped from 10.6% (without prophylactic Marcoumar medication) to 2.8% (with prophylactic Marcoumar medication).