ISSN:
1471-0528
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
One hundred patients with an incomplete abortion, 14 patients with retained products of conception after a second trimester termination, 5 patients with missed abortion and 2 patients with secondary postpartum haemorrhages (making a total of 121 patients) had a uterine evacuation in a treatment room using the portable Karman curette equipment. No general anaesthesia was used but patients were given intravenous pethidine or papavaretum (Omnopon) and diazepam. Four patients found the procedure painful but only two of them would have preferred general anaesthesia. There were no immediate complications but three patients required re-evacuation of the uterus.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12636.x