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Table 3 Complications following termination of pregnancy (13-19 weeks) by method of termination

From: Audit of short term outcomes of surgical and medical second trimester termination of pregnancy

 

Medical

n= 51

Surgical

n= 1331

P

 

n

%

n

%

 

Nights in hospital not including readmissions

     

   0

21

41

-

  

   1

22

43

   

   2

6

12

   

   3

1

2

   

   5

1

2

   

Manual Removal of placenta 2,3

8

16

-

  

Complications

     

   Readmission > 3 hours

3

6

6

4

0.7

   Evacuation for retained products of conception2

5

10

2

1

0.02

   Endometritis requiring intravenous antibiotics

1

2

3

2

1.0

   Blood transfusion

1

2

0

0

0.3

  1. 1 no surgical cases were admitted
  2. 2 manual removal of placenta and evacuation for retained products of conception were not mutually exclusive
  3. 3 there was one case of partial expulsion of the placenta but required manual removal at 17 hours.
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