Outpatient termination of pregnancy.
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.
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000379:methods; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011247:Pregnancy