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We evaluated the value of placement of a folded gauze square into the urogenital introitus to improve vaginal opacification in 90 patients who underwent defecography. Of the 50 patients who retained the gauze in the introitus, 96% demonstrated excellent or good vaginal opacification. By contrast, only 75% of the 40 patients who lost the gauze during the study were able to achieve the same level of opacification. This difference was shown to be statistically significant (p < 0.002), suggesting that placement of a folded gauze square in the introitus limits loss of contrast from the vagina, which improves vaginal opacification.
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Received: 12 October 1998/Revision accepted: 27 January 1999
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Ho, L., Low, V. & Freed, K. Vaginal opacification during defecography: utility of placing a folded gauze square at the introitus. Abdom Imaging 24, 562–564 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900563
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