Abstract
Objective To study vaginal douching plus iodine gauze packing on the effect of vaginal cleanliness and vaginal mucosa reactions for patients with cervical cancer during brachytherapy.Methods 108 patients with cervical cancer treated by brachytherapy were randomly divided into control group and observation group,54 cases in each group.Control group was treated with vaginal douching traditionally,observation group was packed with iodine gauze in fomix on the basis of control group.The vaginal cleanliness and vaginal mucosa reactions were observed for all patients at 2,3,4 weeks after brachytherapy.Result The vaginal cleanliness and vaginal mucosa reactions at 2,3,4 weeks were 25.584,15.717,14.875; 6.571,6.662,8.091 respectively,with statistically significant differences between two groups (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Vaginal douching plus iodine gauze packing during brachytherapy can significantly improve the vaginal cleansing effect and alleviate vaginal mucosa reactions. Key words: Cervical cancer; Brachytherapy; Vaginal douching; Iodine gauze packing
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