Postpartum colposcopy of the cervix: injury and healing.
Colposcopic examination was done in 189 successive parturients within 6-48 h of delivery for evidence of type, site, and extent of cervical trauma and its relation to various obstetric factors. There was trauma in 66% of cases, as erosion in 79%, as laceration in 56%, as bruising in 30%, and as yellow areas in 17%. In about two-thirds of cases, the diameter of cervical erosion, or the length of laceration did not exceed 5 mm and 81% of lacerations were of first degree. Cervical injury was significantly more frequent in primiparae, in the anterior cervical lip, in occipito-posterior positions, and with premature rupture of membranes. In 117 parturients with cervical injury another colposcopic examination was done 6-8 weeks postpartum. In 8% there was residual cervical damage.
Fahmy
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Benha, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.
el-Gazar
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Sammour
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Nosair
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Salem
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D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology; D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology