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OUTPATIENT TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Fllshie G. M.,
Sanders R. R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12635.x
Subject(s) - medicine , curette , pregnancy , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , general anaesthesia , vacuum aspiration , gestational age , curettage , surgery , family planning , population , research methodology , genetics , physics , environmental health , optics , biology
Summary Termination of pregnancy was performed under local anaesthesia as an outpatient procedure on 251 patients. The gestational ages ranged from 5 to 12 weeks. Either the portable Karman curette equipment or the syringe kits were used. The incidence of complications was low. Only 6 per cent of patients would have preferred general anaesthesia. The optimal gestational age at which to terminate pregnancies appeared to be between 6 and 10 weeks. Ninety‐one per cent of patients used effective contraception after the termination.