title: Small bowel exteriorisation after uterine perforation from manual vacuum aspiration for abortion in a young cameroonian: a case report.
abstract: Manual vacuum aspiration is an effective and safer surgical method of uterine evacuation for an abortion. Nonetheless, it can present some life-threatening complications like uterine perforations. In a uterine perforation the suction cannula is thought to be usually involved in the perforation and the resulting intraabdominal organ damage. We presented a case of a young muilti-parous Cameroonian woman who was underwent a manual vacuum aspiration for a first trimester incomplete abortion, and which was complicated by a fundal uterine perforation with exteriorisation of small bowels through the vagina.
authors.affiliation: Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Efuetnkeng
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bechem
authors.affiliation: Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Djokam
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leopold
authors.affiliation: Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Takang William
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Ako
mesh_terms: D000027:Abortion, Incomplete / Q000628:therapy*; D002163:Cameroon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D014619:Vacuum Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Manual vacuum aspiration; abortion; small bowel; uterine perforation