ELECTROCOAGULATION OF CERVICAL EROSIONS AND ENDOCERVICITIS IN THE LATE PUERPERIUM

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It is our practice in the obstetric service of the Woman's Hospital to inspect the cervix at the end of the third stage of labor. If lacerations of 1 cm. or more are found, they are immediately sutured unless there are contraindications such as shock or infection. Patients are observed in the follow-up clinic for a period of from eight to sixteen weeks following delivery. This follow up has shown an unsatisfactory condition of the cervix in about one half of these women. Trauma of some degree exists in practically all cervices after delivery, and it is well known that many cervices are the seat of chronic inflammatory conditions which antedate the first pregnancy. A careful study of the cervix at the sixth week post partum shows a good involution and healing in about one half of the patients. If lacerations and erosions are unhealed at the end of the

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