Management of incomplete abortion with manual vacuum aspiration in comparison to sharp metallic curette in an Ethiopian setting

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 598-603

  Lukman, H Y ^a,c   Pogharian, D ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Gadhi Memorial Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^c POBox 8365   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ABORTION, INDUCED--COMPLICATIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURETTAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDIES; SURGERY; TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERINE EFFECTS; UTERUS; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED--COMPLICATIONS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CURETTAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; OBSTETRICAL SURGERY; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDIES; SURGERY; TREATMENT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERINE EFFECTS; UTERUS; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CURETTAGE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 0030225448     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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