How Safe Are Abortion Practices in India?-A Case Series
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Medical termination of pregnancy is an apparently safe and uncomplicated procedure if done with full aseptic precautions and under the guidance of skilled and trained personnel. But even today with such advancement in medical field, we still encounter cases referred from peripheries and rural set –up with life threatening complications following suction evacuation done for termination of pregnancy. Here we are reporting 3 such cases of complications following MTP. One patient came with omentum protruding through os into vagina. Her per-operative findings showed uterine perforation with omentum entering that hole. Another patient presented in emergency with acute abdomen, her per-operative findings showed uterine perforation with bowel perforation .Both the patients were managed and discharged in healthy condition. The third patient presented with abnormal uterine bleeding. She had a history of an abortion 3 years back not known to her family, conducted by an untrained dai. On hysteroscopy retained bony and cartilaginous fetal parts were seen impacted in the endometrial wall.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015