[Experience in treating episiotomies after labor with ice]

Akusherstvo I Ginekologiia
|January 1, 1995
PubMed

It is known from literature influence on cryotherapy on the tissue structures. It's application cause vessel constriction factor for decrease exudative inflammations and edema), save enzyme and immune activity at the cells levels and increases regenerative processes in tissues On the 324 young mothers we fix ice over episiotomies from 1st puerperal day for 3 days. As a control group were episiotomies on the 254 young mothers one cryoprophylaxis. Complications (oedema, inflammatio, or suppuratio) at the 1st group was 5.55% and in the 2nd (control) group was 9.45%. These results give us reason to suppose, that cryoprophylaxis have even non essential effect on the processes on recovery on episiotomies after delivery.

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