title: Evacuating retained products of conception in the setting of an ultrasound unit.
abstract: Women who have retained products of conception are usually referred for curettage or hysteroscopy, both performed in most cases under general anesthesia in an operating theater and sometimes requiring hospitalization. We propose that for most of these patients the procedure can be just as safely and effectively carried out in an obstetric ultrasound unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ultrasound Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel. drwolmanc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Igal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wolman
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Gidi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fait
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Har-Toov
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gull
authors.forename: Reuven
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amster
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaffa
mesh_terms: D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000494:pharmacology; D018457:Placenta, Retained / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010120:Oxytocics