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A review of intentional abortion cases referred to Taleghani Hospital - Iran, 2001-2

Background: To evaluate the referred cases of intentional abortion in terms of techniques, complications and consequences. Methods: Those who had referred to Taleghani Hospital because of abortion were interviewed, after getting their consent, and a questionnaier was completed, which contained, in oddition to obstetric history and family planning record, some information about methods. Complications and consequences of intentional abortion. Results: The results of this study show that 78% of these women used prostaglandin injection and 22% used curettage in their attempts to abort. Prostaglandins have more systemic complications which curettage results in more local (uterine) complications. The outcome of these attempts was 41.3% incomplete abortion, 40% comlete abortion and 18.7% ongoing pregnancy. Conclusion: Although in most cases prostaglandin injection is used in attempted abortions, it has resulted in complete abortion in less than half of all cases.