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Gonococcal peritonitis after tubal ligation. A case report
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2519.
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Gonococcal peritonitis occurred after a tubal ligation. Falk's postulated benefit of cornual resection as a preventive measure for recurrent infection does not extend to isthmic interruption. Pelvic inflammatory disease should be considered when a sterilized woman presents with an acute abdomen.