Some operative and postoperative hazards of legal termination of pregnancy

Abstract

Analysis of 1,317 patients admitted for N.H.S. abortion showed an overall morbidity of 16.8% excluding urinary tract infection. Genital infection, chest infection, re-evacuation or perforation of the uterus, and haemorrhage were the more common complications. There was one maternal death. © 1971, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.