Evacuating retained products of conception in the setting of an ultrasound unit

摘要

Women who have retained products of conception are usually referred for curettage or hysteroscopy, both performed in most cases under general anesthesia in an operating theater and sometimes requiring hospitalization. We propose that for most of these patients the procedure can be just as safely and effectively carried out in an obstetric ultrasound unit.Retained products of conception (RPOC) are estimated to occur after approximately 1% of term pregnancies (1) and probably more often after termination of pregnancies. Because it can cause intrauterine adhesion and Asherman syndrome (1), therapeutic intervention is mandatory. Women are usually referred for curettage or hysteroscopy, both of which are carried out under general anesthesia and require an operating theater. Hospitalization is also necessary for some cases.