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. 1971 Oct 30;4(5782):270–273. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5782.270

Some Operative and Postoperative Hazards of Legal Termination of Pregnancy

Satya V Sood
PMCID: PMC1799544  PMID: 5171385

Abstract

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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