title: The predictors of retained products of conception following first-trimester pregnancy termination with manual vacuum aspiration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the risk factors associated with retained products of conception (RPC) following first-trimester pregnancy termination with manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed 1623 patients who underwent MVA during the first 9 weeks of their pregnancies in SSK Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital Department of Family Planning in between February 2001 and January 2004.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 81 patients (5%) had RPC after MVA. We found that RPC after MVA were significantly associated with patient's age (P = 0.026), body mass index (BMI) (P = 0.017), and week of gestation applied MVA (P = 0.012); but not associated with parity (P = 0.063), history of previous MVA (P = 0.845), and history of previous miscarriage (P = 0.918).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study suggests that the frequency of RPC after MVA has been affected by current pregnancy-related factors such as patient age, BMI, and gestational age rather than the prior obstetric history of the patients.
authors.affiliation: SSK (Social Security Agency) Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Murat
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Inal
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ertopcu
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozelmas
mesh_terms: D000027:Abortion, Incomplete / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D014619:Vacuum Curettage