Abstract
Background: abortion is one of the main causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in Chad. Objective: The aim of this work was to evaluate the interest of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) in the management of incomplete abortion.Methods: This was a prospective and descriptive survey for five months from March 5th 2014 to August 05th 2014 conducted at the district hospital of N Djamena South. All women admitted for incomplete abortion were included. Before including the patient in our investigation her consent should be gotten after some explanations on the necessity of the survey have been given. Data analysis has been done by EPI INFO 3.5.1.Results: we enumerated 154 incomplete abortions among 2327 pregnancies registered at the prenatal consultation service and emergency unit. That gave the prevalence of 06.6%. The majorities of our patients had spontaneous abortion (96.1%). The time allowed for management was ?12 hours (90.3%). No complication was observedConclusion: MVA is an effective and sure method to evacuate uterus when incomplete abortion is diagnosed.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.15(4) 2016 p.572-574
Highlights
Abortions are frequents and represent the first cause of emergencies at the district hospital of N’djamena South. They are often complicated with incomplete abortion that can lead to maternal death when treatment lacked[1]
world health organization (WHO) recommend the use of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for the improvement of obstetrical cares in Chad at N’djamena[3], the MVA was recently instituted in 2010 at the district hospital of N’djamena South
Our study aims to show on the first hand the advantage of MVA, and in the second hand to promote the use of this method in the treatment of incomplete abortions
Summary
Abortions are frequents and represent the first cause of emergencies at the district hospital of N’djamena South. They are often complicated with incomplete abortion that can lead to maternal death when treatment lacked[1]. According to world health organization (WHO), incomplete abortions cause annually 87.000 maternal deaths in the developing countries due to incorrect treatment. Few prior studies showed the importance and the efficacy of MVA in order to of vulgarize this method in Chad. Our study aims to show on the first hand the advantage of MVA, and in the second hand to promote the use of this method in the treatment of incomplete abortions
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