title: [The retrospective analysis of 23 cases of post-traumatic abortion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical characteristics of post-traumatic abortion and the relationship between trauma and abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  We collected and analyzed 23 cases of post-traumatic abortion encountered in the department of clinical forensic medicine, faculty of forensic medicine, China Medical University in recent years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 23 post-traumatic abort inns were early abortions. Their traumata were mild and external only. Vagina bleeding and abortion occurred shortly after trauma. Most patients were older, from countryside, or unemployed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The causes of abortion are complex. Post-traumatic abortion can only be diagnosed after excluding non-traumatic factors. For those cases abortion occur shortly after injuries and non-traumatic factors can not be excluded, trauma should be assessed for its role in abortions as primary, secondary or induction factors correlated with clinical symptoms and pre-
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China. zhangxa2725@163.com
authors.forename: Xin-an
authors.initials: XA
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ji-hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Xin-yuan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xing-ben
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chuan-fei
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult