HEPATITIS B INFECTIONS AFTER GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY

When acute hepatitis B developed in 3 patients who had had gynaecological surgery, the surgeon was found to be a carrier of hepatitis B e antigen. Of 268 patients operated on by this surgeon in one hospital, 247 were screened for markers of recent or current hepatitis B. 22 (9%) had such markers, as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1989-01, Vol.333 (8631), p.205-207
Hauptverfasser:	Welch, Jan, Tilzey, AntheaJ, Webster, Margaret, Noah, NormanD, Banatvala, J.E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Disease Gynecological surgery Gynecology Health risks Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B e antigen Human viral diseases Hysterectomy Infectious diseases Markers Medical sciences Medical students Patients Physicians Surgeons Surgery Vaccination Vaccines Viral diseases Viral hepatitis
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Zusammenfassung:	When acute hepatitis B developed in 3 patients who had had gynaecological surgery, the surgeon was found to be a carrier of hepatitis B e antigen. Of 268 patients operated on by this surgeon in one hospital, 247 were screened for markers of recent or current hepatitis B. 22 (9%) had such markers, associated with symptoms in 5. The operations carrying greatest risk of infection were hysterectomy (10/42) and caesarean section (10/51). These findings strengthen the case for vaccination of all surgeons and medical students against hepatitis B.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(89)91213-0