OUTPATIENT TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 84 (7), 509-513
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12635.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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