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Post-hysterectomy pelvic fluid collection: is it associated with febrile morbidity?
J Hasson1, S Maslovich, J Har-Toov
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Abstract:
We evaluated the clinical significance and possible association of febrile morbidity with sonographically detected post-hysterectomy fluid collections. Transvaginal ultrasound examinations were performed to assess the presence of fluid collections and correlated to clinical data. Fluid collection was detected in 27 (64%) women at postoperative day 2, in 15 (35%) at postoperative day 7 and in 5 (12%) at the fourth to fifth postoperative week. Febrile morbidity was not related to the presence, location or size of fluid collection. Postoperative pelvic fluid collections are common sonographic findings after hysterectomy and are not associated with postoperative febrile morbidity.
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