When the entire product of conception are not expelled, instead a part of it is left inside the uterine cavity, it is called incomplete abortion.
Clinical features -
- Continuation of pain lower abdomen.
- Persistence of vaginal bleeding.
- On examination, the expelled mass is found incomplete.
The products left behind may lead to profuse bleeding, sepsis, placental polyp.
Management -
Clinical features -
- Continuation of pain lower abdomen.
- Persistence of vaginal bleeding.
- On examination, the expelled mass is found incomplete.
The products left behind may lead to profuse bleeding, sepsis, placental polyp.
Management -
- Early abortion :- Dilatation and evacuation under general anaesthesia.
- Late abortion :- The uterus is evacuated under general anaesthesia and the products are removed by ovum forceps or by blunt curette.
