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  • Inventi:hog/29172/19
    A 5-Year Retrospective Study on the Use of Manual Vacuum Aspiration in the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki
    Research 2019 : July - September
    Okechukwu B Anozie, Johnbosco I Nwafor, Chukwuemeka I Ukaegbe, Chidi U Esike, Rita O Anozie, Lucky O Lawani, Justus N Eze

    Introduction: Since the inception of our hospital in 2011, manual vacuum\naspiration has been in use for the treatment first trimester miscarriages.\nHence there is a need for operational review on its use. Aim: The aim of this\nstudy is to evaluate the determinants and outcome of Manual Vacuum Aspiration\n(MVA) use in our hospital. Method: This was a retrospective study on\nthe use of MVA for various indications in our facility over a 5-year period.\nResults: There were 625 (19.7%) manual vacuum aspirations among 3179\ngynaecological patients seen during the period. The age range of the women\nwas from 15 to 48 years and the mean age was..............

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    Attribution/ CC Compliant Citation: Anozie, O.B., Nwafor, J.I., Ukaegbe, C.I., Esike, C.U., Anozie, R.O., Lawani, L.O. and Eze, J.N.\n(2019) A 5-Year Retrospective Study on the Use of Manual Vacuum Aspiration in the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki. Open\nJournal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9, 142-148.\nhttps://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2019.92015\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\n\nSome formatting elements, header, footer, logos, dates and pagination were modified while adapting this article.
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