title: Menstrual regulation as a method for early termination of pregnancy.
abstract: 116 women with documented or suspected pregnancy underwent an endometrial aspiration for early termination. Their menses delay was between 7 and 22 days. A standard 3 mm Vabra aspirator was used. 90.5% were actually pregnant. The success rate was 97.1%. The total complication rate was 6.8%, the most common complication being endometritis. Three patients required a re-evacuation because of prolonged bleeding. In this series there were two ectopic pregnancies and nine cases of ovum abortivum, of which one later turned out to be a hydatiform mole. The procedure was well tolerated by the patients. No sick-leave was given. The postoperative bleeding averaged 10 days in primigravid and 7 days in parous patients.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation; D010060:Ovulation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D013997:Time Factors; D014619:Vacuum Curettage / Q000295:instrumentation