Abstract

GARCIA LEON, Lázaro; AVELLANEDA GONZALEZ, Armando; HERRERA LLERENA, Nancy  and  MELLA DIAGO, Amarilys. Complications of the pregnancy termination in the first trimester. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2001, vol.27, n.3, pp.205-207. ISSN 0138-600X.

A linear descriptive and prospective study was conducted on 1 273 pregnancy terminations, with gestational time of 6 to 8 weeks, made through dilatation and curettage procedures in the Gynecological and Obstetric Hospital in Matanzas from July,1996 to January,1997. The studied variables were: type of complications, symptoms at admission to the hospital and age. It was confirmed that 4,87% of pregnancy terminations had complications, being the incomplete abortion the most frequent.

Keywords : CURETTAGE [adverse effects]; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ABORTION, INCOMPLETE.

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