Bartholinitis after vulvovaginal surgery.
OBJECTIVE
The object of the study was to determine whether obstruction of the Bartholin gland duct after vulvovaginal surgery is a cause of Bartholin gland infections or cysts.


METHODS
The records of patients with vulvovaginal surgical procedures performed by me between 1983 and 1997 were reviewed for evidence of a Bartholin gland infection or cyst formation.


RESULTS
A postoperative Bartholin gland infection occurred in 2 of 217 patients with posterior colporrhaphy (with or without vault suspension) and 1 of 14 patients with partial vestibulectomy for vestibulitis. No patient had a chronic Bartholin cyst develop.


CONCLUSIONS
Bartholin gland infections and Bartholin cysts are uncommon occurrences after surgical procedures that have the potential to obstruct the Bartholin duct.
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Pacific Gynecology Specialists and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, USA.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001472:Bartholin's Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001494:Baths; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*; D014844:Vulva / Q000601:surgery*; D014847:Vulvitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline