Abstract
Objective: Our purpose was to examine the impact of immediate postpartum curettage on the recovery of patients with HELLP-syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets). Subjects: Between January 1994 and July 1997 all patients who presented with HELLP-syndrome in our institution underwent immediate postpartum curettage (n=24). Their outcome was compared with the recovery of women with HELLP-syndrome who were delivered without postpartum curettage between 1987 and 1993 (n=20). Clinical and laboratory data were analyzed. Results: No significant difference could be found between both groups in terms of normalization of serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), and quantitative platelet count. Postpartum hospitalization time was identical in both groups. Conclusion: In our retrospective study no benefit is achieved by immediate postpartum curettage in patients with HELLP-syndrome. In order to eliminate the possible bias of retrospective analysis, we now plan a randomized study to further investigate the impact of immediate postpartum curettage.
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