Post-hysterectomy pelvic fluid collection : is it associated with febrile morbidity?

• Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 114; no. 12; pp. 1566 - 1568
• Main Authors: HASSON, J, MASLOVICH, S, HAR-TOOV, J, LESSING, J. B, GRISARU, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Loss, Surgical; Exudates and Transudates - diagnostic imaging; Female; Fever - diagnostic imaging; Fever - etiology; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Hysterectomy - adverse effects; Longitudinal Studies; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pelvis - diagnostic imaging; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland; Ultrasonography; Concomitant disease; Treatment; Pelvic cavity; Surgery; Gynecology; Fluid; Collection; Hysterectomy; Obstetrics; Fever
• ISSN: 1470-0328; 1471-0528
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01543.x

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.