[Urinary tract infection after gynecologic surgery (author's transl)].

In a prospective research study, 119 (female) patients were examined with regards to the occurence of bacteriuria six days after abdominal or vaginal operations of benignous gynecologic disease. Prior to operation, in 7% of the patients a urinary tract infection was already present. Subsequent to operation, 36% got an urinary tract infection within the first six days. From the correlation between urinary tract infection and age of patient, type and uration of operation, a probability catalogue for post-operative urinary tract infections is deducted. The high infection rates, especially in patients beyond 55 years of age, speak in favour of a chemoprophylaxis, especially for such patients.