Open AccessVaginal Cleansing at Vacuum Aspiration Abortion does not Reduce the Risk of Postoperative Infection
Author(s) -
Lundh Christer,
Meirik Olav,
Nygren KarlGösta
Publication year - 1983
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 - 10.3109/00016348309155808
Subject(s) - medicine , vacuum aspiration , pelvic inflammatory disease , vagina , abortion , obstetrics , gynecology , surgery , pregnancy , family planning , research methodology , population , environmental health , biology , genetics
. Does a thorough vaginal cleansing with bactericidal solutions prior to induced first‐trimester vacuum aspiration abortion reduce the frequency of postabortal pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)? To answer this question we compared the frequency of PID in 372 women where a thorough preoperative vaginal cleansing with a bactericidal solution was undertaken at abortion with that in 350 women where the upper part of the vagina was swabbed with a pad moistened with a 0.9% saline solution. A postoperative PID was recorded in 25 (6.7%) of the former women and in 23 (6.6%) of the latter women.