Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine vaginal cleansing in reducing post-caesarean endometritis at two tertiary hospitals in Enugu,Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Despite the use of prophylactic antibiotics during Caesarean delivery, post-Caesarean surgical site infection (SSI) and endometritis still often complicate the puerperal period. We speculated that the use of vaginal cleansing with chlorhexidine solution would serve as an adjunct to prophylactic antibiotics in reducing the menace of post-caesarean endometritis and indeed found a significant reduction.

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disease prevention disease Africa location pregnancy physiology birth surgery

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