Open AccessInduced Abortion by the Suction Method
Author(s) -
Nesheim BrittIngjerd
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348409155543
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , abortion , sterilization (economics) , obstetrics , incomplete abortion , family planning , gestation , pregnancy , surgery , gynecology , research methodology , population , genetics , misoprostol , environmental health , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , biology , foreign exchange
. 3036 induced abortions from the years 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 were analysed. They included all abortions performed with the suction method at Akershus Central Hospital, except for those done in combination with a sterilization procedure. The main determinants of complication rates were parity, period of gestation and, for minor complications, whether the patient was treated as an inpatient or an outpatient. Women who had not previously given birth had a higher complication rate than parous women. Complication rates were lowest during weeks 7‐10. Outpatients had fewer readmissions, repeat curettages, and infections, than inpatients. There was a tendency to cause a larger dilatation of the cervical canal than was technically necessary.