Evaluación del protocolo de actuación clínica en el legrado obstétrico por aspiración

Objectives

To assess a clinical intervention protocol for aspiration curettage based on a nonstandard procedure for presurgical evaluation, continuous ultrasonographic monitoring, and performance of the process in an outpatient room.

Subjects and methods

We reviewed 1,600 surgical procedures carried out in our hospital according to our protocol. Surgical times, the complication rate and patient satisfaction were analyzed.

Results

The mean surgical time was 6.88 minutes. There were five surgical complications (0.3%). Medical complications occurred in 39 patients (2.4%). Dilatation was easy in 97.8%, difficult in 1.7% and very difficult in 0.6%. Tolerance to the technique was considered as excellent or good by 96.8% of the patients.

Conclusions

Assessment of the clinical intervention protocol in obstetric aspiration curettage is safe, effective and quick.