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surgical abortion
Complications:
- generally regarded as safe for women in 1st trimester [2]
Notes:
- administration of misoprostol prior to suction abortion not helpful
a) causes more abdominal pain & preprocedural vaginal bleeding
b) may increase risk of uterine perforation (rare)
c) may reduce incidence of incomplete abortion requiring reevacuation [2]
General
abortion
gynecologic surgery
References
- ICD9
- Meirik O et al.
Complications of first-trimester abortion by vacuum aspiration
after cervical preparation with and without misoprostol:
A multicentre randomised trial. Lancet 2012 Mar 8
PMID: 22405255
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61937-5/fulltext