Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 6 , Pages 1823.e1-1823.e3, June 2006

Intrauterine adhesions after manual vacuum aspiration for early pregnancy failure

University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 25 May 2005; received in revised form 1 November 2005; accepted 1 November 2005. published online 02 May 2006.

Objective

To describe the occurrence of intrauterine adhesions after manual vacuum aspiration for early pregnancy failure.

Design

Case series.

Setting

Tertiary care center.

Patient(s)

Three women with intrauterine adhesions after manual vacuum aspiration for the treatment of early pregnancy failure.

Intervention(s)

Chart review.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

Hysteroscopic diagnosis of intrauterine adhesions after manual vacuum aspiration.

Result(s)

Three cases of symptomatic intrauterine adhesions after manual vacuum aspiration.

Conclusion(s)

Intrauterine adhesion formation may follow manual vacuum aspiration for early pregnancy loss.

Key Words:  Early pregnancy failure , manual vacuum aspiration , intrauterine adhesions

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 Dr. Dalton was supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program, US HHS PHS National Institutes of Health (1 K12 HDO1438-01).Dr. Harris is a consultant for Ipas, a manufacturer of the manual vacuum aspirator, and has received honorarium from Ipas in the past. These funds are in no way related to this manuscript.

PII: S0015-0282(06)00498-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.065

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 6 , Pages 1823.e1-1823.e3, June 2006

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