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17691436

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the utility of the manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for management of incomplete first-trimester abortions. All patients treated for incomplete first trimester abortion using MVA under local anesthesia at University Hospital Center in Dakar from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2003 were included. A total of 2379 pregnancy losses were recorded among the 14476 patients admitted during the study period. First-trimester abortion was treated using the MVA method under local anesthesia in 1372 cases (57.7%). For 87% of patients, the duration of hospitalization was less than 12 hours. The epidemiological characteristics of these women were young age (mean, 29 years old), low parity (mean, 2 children) and low gestational age (mean, 10 weeks after amenorrhea). Spontaneous abortion accounted for 94.4% of cases and clandestine abortion for 5.6%. No complications occurred during MVA procedures and no morbidity was observed with a follow-up of one year. These findings show that MVA is a safe and effective method for completing incomplete first-trimester abortions. In our practice use of this simple technique led to a considerable improvement in post-abortion care.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0025-682X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
[First-trimester abortion at University Hospital Center in Dakar, Senegal: utility of manual vacuum aspiration].
pubmed:affiliation
Clinique Gynécologique et Obstétricale, CHU de Dakar, Dakar/Fann, Sénéga1. ctcisse@yahoo.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract