IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 27 / Issue 1 / pii/2000008

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology (CEOG) is published by IMR Press from Volume 47 Issue 1 (2020). Previous articles were published by another publisher on a subscription basis, and they are hosted by IMR Press on imrpress.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with S.O.G.

Original Research

The role of antibiotics after dilatation and curettage in women with metrorrhagia in the prevention of pelvic inflammatory disease

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1 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens, "Alexandra" Hospital, Athens (Greece)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2000, 27(1), 27–28;
Published: 10 March 2000
Abstract

A follow-up study was carried out in 67 healthy women with negative vaginal-cervical cultures after an endometrial curettage for metrorrhagia. The women were separated into two treatment groups and clinically followed for one month after the operation. The first group included 33 women (aged 23-67, mean 43) who received doxycyclin 200 mg daily for a period of one week after the procedure. The second group included 34 women (aged 28-70, mean 43.5) who did not receive any antibiotic regimen after the dila­tation and curettage. Four and three women from the 1st and 2nd group, respectively, developed PIO during follow-up; a difference not statistically significant.

Keywords
Metrorrhagia
Curettage
Antibiotics
PID
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