BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Antisepsis for abdominal hysterectomy: a randomised controlled trial of povidone-iodine gel.
To assess whether infectious morbidity after total abdominal hysterectomy is decreased by the addition of 20 cc povidone-iodine gel at the vaginal apex after the usual vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine solution. ⋯ Povidone-iodine vaginal gel antisepsis led to a 9% relative decrease in overall infectious morbidity after abdominal hysterectomy, which was not statistically significant. Povidone-iodine vaginal gel decreased the risk of pelvic abscess after total abdominal hysterectomy.