Two years of pharmacological termination of pregnancy in the Silesian hospital Opava, success and lessons

Czech version

Authors: A. Šefčíková; L. Šimková; A. Dörr
Authors‘ workplace: Gynekologicko-porodnické oddělení Slezské nemocnice v Opavě p. o., primář oddělení MUDr. A. Dörr, CSc.
Published in: Ceska Gynekol 2017; 82(3): 206-210

Overview

Objective:
The purpose of this study was to summarize our department‘s experience with pharmacological termination of pregnancy up to 49 days of amenorrhea, to assess the success, and especially, to offer a closer analysis of the complications of this method.

Design:
Retrospective analysis.

Setting:
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the Silesian Hospital.

Methods:
The monitored sample consisted of 161 female patients who underwent pharmacological termination of pregnancy at our department from 1. 7. 2014 to 30. 6. 2016 being administered 600 mg of mifepristone (Mifegyne) and 400 µg of misoprostol (Mispregnol). Within the sample of patients we observed the objective process of pharmacological termination of pregnancy with special attention being payed to an analysis of complications. We compared the number of complications occurred under classic surgical intervention and those occurred under pharmacological termination of pregnancy.

Results:
A complete abortion without the necessity of surgical intervention occurred with 151 patients (93.79%) of whom 15 patients with administering uterotonic medicaments. Ten patients (6.21%) required a consequent instrumental revision of the uterine cavity, seven of them (70%) had a history of surgical intervention in the uterine cavity. In case of one patient persisted vital pregnancy. Two patients underwent medical termination of pregnancy twice. In one case there were twins.

Conclusion:
The method of pharmacological pregnancy termination has a good efficiency, it is safe with minimal side effects.

Keywords:
medical termination of pregnancy, mifepristone, misoprostol, Medabon

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