Table 3.
Complications following termination of pregnancy (13-19 weeks) by method of termination
|
Medical n = 51 |
Surgical n = 1331 |
P | |||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Nights in hospital not including readmissions | |||||
| 0 | 21 | 41 | - | ||
| 1 | 22 | 43 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Manual Removal of placenta2,3 | 8 | 16 | - | ||
| Complications | |||||
| Readmission > 3 hours | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Evacuation for retained products of conception2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Endometritis requiring intravenous antibiotics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Blood transfusion | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
1 no surgical cases were admitted
2 manual removal of placenta and evacuation for retained products of conception were not mutually exclusive
3 there was one case of partial expulsion of the placenta but required manual removal at 17 hours.