Safety of voluntary interruption of pregnancy (VIP) in two healthcare institutions in Medellín, Colombia, in 2019. Historical cohort
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https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3760Keywords:
Abortion, therapeutic abortion, induced abortion, legal abortion, family planning servicesAbstract
Objectives: To characterize a cohort of women with voluntary interruption of pregnancy (VIP) and to describe intraoperative complications according to the technique used.
Materials and Methods: Descriptive study in a historical cohort of women undergoing VIP in two healthcare institutions in Medellín, Colombia, in 2019. Women with pelvic infection and STIs were excluded. Consecutive sampling was used. Sociodemographic, sexual and reproductive health, clinical characteristics of the pregnancy, legal cause of the VIP, characteristics of the care process and complications of the VIP techniques up to post-procedural day 7 were the measured variables. A descriptive analysis was carried out.
Results: Overall, 1,520 women were identified as eligible during the study period. Of them, 46 were intervened in other institutions, leaving 1,474 candidates to enter the study. Of them, 30 were excluded because of pelvic or sexually transmitted infections. Ultimately, 1,444 pregnant women were included in the analysis. Risk to the mother’s health was the most frequent legal cause in 94.3% of cases. Ninety-nine percent of women received pre-procedural counseling, and 78.4% agreed to use some form of contraception after VIP. Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) was used in 95.6% of women and dilation and curettage (D&C) in 4.4%. Complications up to postoperative day 7 occurred in 17.56%, and there were no complications in the MVA group; 80% of women attended the follow-up visit on post-VIP day 7.
Conclusions: MVA is a safe procedure which was not associated with complications within the first seven post-VIP days in the studied patients. Prospective studies to assess the safety and cost of the different VIP options are required.
Author Biographies
Edgar Fernando Cárdenas-Arias, Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín (Colombia)
Medico Residente Ginecología y Obstetricia. Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín (Colombia).
Diana Elizabeth Escudero-Cardona, Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín (Colombia)
Magister en Salud Pública. Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín (Colombia).
Edgar Adel Noreña-Mosquera, Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín (Colombia)
Médico Especialista en Ginecología y Obstetricia, Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín (Colombia).
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