title: Radiological study of changes in the pelvis in women following proctocolectomy.
abstract: The vagina, uterus and adnexa of 21 women who had a proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis were examined with vaginography and hysterosalpinography. Six healthy women were used as controls. A characteristic post-operative deformation of the adnexa and the vagina was demonstrated. In 17 of 21 women the fallopian tube anatomy was pathological, in four cases with total obstruction. These abnormalities explain why vaginal discharge, dyspareunia and involuntary sterility are common complaints in women after this type of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska sjukuset, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asztély
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palmblad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wikland
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hultén
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*