Evacuating retained products of conception in the setting of an ultrasound unit.
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.
Wolman
Igal
I
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ultrasound Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel. drwolmanc@gmail.com
Altman
Eran
E
Fait
Gidi
G
Har-Toov
Joseph
J
Gull
Ilan
I
Amster
Reuven
R
Jaffa
Ariel
A
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
D010120:Oxytocics