Some Operative and Postoperative Hazards of Legal Termination of Pregnancy
BMJPublished 30 October 1971Open access
S. V. Sood
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Analysis of 1,317 patients admitted for N.H.S. abortion showed an overall morbidity of 16·8% excluding urinary tract infection, and genital infection, chest infection, reevacuation or perforation of the uterus, and haemorrhage were the more common complications.
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Analysis of 1,317 patients admitted for N.H.S. abortion showed an overall morbidity of 16.8% excluding urinary tract infection. Genital infection, chest infection, reevacuation or perforation of the uterus, and haemorrhage were the more common complications. There was one maternal death.
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