Pregnancy termination complications
Editor-In-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Abortion complications, uterine evacuation complications
Overview
Complications of pregnancy termination include hemorrhage, cervical laceration, uterine perforation, and infections.
Complications
- Cervical laceration
- Cervical stenosis
- Continuing pregnancy
- Death
- Endometritis
- Hematometra
- Hemorrhage
- Incomplete abortion
- Mild infection
- Pain
- Retained products of conception
- Sepsis
- Uterine perforation[1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Grossman D, Blanchard K, Blumenthal P (2008). “Complications after second trimester surgical and medical abortion”. Reprod Health Matters. 16 (31 Suppl): 173–82. doi:10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31379-2. PMID 18772098.
- ↑ Peterson WF, Berry FN, Grace MR, Gulbranson CL (1983). “Second-trimester abortion by dilatation and evacuation: an analysis of 11,747 cases”. Obstet Gynecol. 62 (2): 185–90. PMID 6866362.
- ↑ Kruse B, Poppema S, Creinin MD, Paul M (2000). “Management of side effects and complications in medical abortion”. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 183 (2 Suppl): S65–75. PMID 10944371.
- ↑ Autry AM, Hayes EC, Jacobson GF, Kirby RS (2002). “A comparison of medical induction and dilation and evacuation for second-trimester abortion”. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 187 (2): 393–7. PMID 12193931.
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