Vacuum Aspiration of the Uterus in Therapeutic Abortion

Vacuum aspiration of the uterus in therapeutic abortion.

A prospective study of vacuum aspiration in 400 cases of therapeutic abortion is described showing that the procedure was quick, involving little blood loss in most cases, and that the complication rate was low. The routine use of this method in therapeutic abortion is recommended.

Vacuum aspiration of the uterus.

Medical abortion and manual vacuum aspiration for

The majority of abortions in Colombia continue to take place outside the formal health system under a range of conditions, with the majority of women obtaining misoprostol from a thriving black market for the drug and self-administering the medication. We conducted a cost analysis to compare the costs to the health system of three approaches to the provision of abortion care in Colombia: post-a...

Manual vacuum aspiration for first-trimester abortion.

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and effectiveness of manual vacuum aspiration for abortion in a primary care office setting. DESIGN Retrospective chart audit. SETTING Private family practice office. PATIENTS A total of 1769 consecutive women who obtained an abortion in this office between January 1, 1993, and December 31, 1995, for whom 1677 medical charts were available for review. MAIN...

Institutionalizing Manual Vacuum Aspiration Abortion in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union