Table 3.
Procedure details, efficacy and immediate complications
| D&E (n = 203) |
Medical induction (n = 84) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length of surgical procedure (Median, IQR) | 10 minutes (5-10 minutes) |
N/A3 | |
| Time from 1st dose misoprostol to completion of TOP (Median, IQR) |
13.3 hrs (12.1-15.1) | 23 hours (17-30) |
<0.001 |
| Number of misoprostol doses (Median, IQR) | 3 (3-3) | 5 (3-5) | <0.001 |
| Medications received | |||
| Antibiotics | 14 (7%) | 65 (77%) | <0.001 |
| Analgesics/anxiolytics | 38 (19%) | 18 (21%) | 0.585 |
| Antiemetics | 0 (0%) | 7 (8%) | <0.001 |
| Efficacya | 202 (99.5%) (95% CI: 97.29% - 99.98%) |
42 (50%) (95% CI: 39.4% - 60.6%) |
<0.001 |
| Major Complications | |||
| Hemorrhage requiring transfusion | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.4%) | 0.024 |
| Minor Complications | |||
| Hemorrhage not requiring transfusion | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0.293 |
| Fever >38 degrees C | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0.293 |
| Additional curettage performed | 0 (0%) | 40 (48%) | < 0.001 |
| Incomplete abortion, absconded prior to treatment | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0.293 |
| Transfer to another facility to complete abortion | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0.500 |
| Expulsion of fetus prior to D&E | 87 (43%) | N/A | N/A |
| Any minor complication | 88 (43%) | 42 (50%) | 0.362 |
| Any major or minor complication | 88 (43%) | 44 (52%) | 0.193 |
3 Not applicable
a Efficacy was defined as complete abortion performed on-site with no need for repeat surgical procedure in the case of D&E, or no need for any surgical intervention in the case of medical induction