Symptomatic pelvic hematoma following hysterectomy: risk factors, bacterial pathogens and clinical outcome

• Main Authors: Henry H. Chill (Author), Itshak Amsalem (Author), Gilad Karavani (Author), Sharon Amit (Author), Abraham Benshushan (Author), David Shveiky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pelvic hematoma is a common finding following hysterectomy which at times may become infected causing substantial morbidity. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence, clinical manifestation and identify risk factors for infected pelvic hematoma. We also attempted to id...