Colpotomy drainage of pelvic abscess
Rubenstein, P.R.; Mishell, D.R.; Ledger, W.J.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 48(2): 142-145
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 940645 Document Number: 105044
Sixty-five patients who had a pelvic abscess drained by colpotomy or rectal incision were studied. The minority of the patients (28) developed the abscess after a hospital-acquired infection (Group I) while the other 37 patients developed the abscess after a community-acquired infection (Group II). Except for those patients who developed an abscess after hysterectomy, about one-third of the patients in both groups required a subsequent major operative procedure because of residual infection or symptoms. Of the 40 patients in whom there was a possibility of conceiving following the drainage procedure, 4 (10%) conceived at a later date.