An In-depth Analysis of Women with Post-Abortal Bleeding

Abstract

Medical termination of pregnancy or MTP is a well-utilized procedure today especially in the urban areas of India. As such, therefore, a large number of women would be involved if post-MTP complications were to occur frequently. The immediate complications are usually managed as the patient is still in the hospital at the time. We
therefore decided to focus our attention on the delayed complications of MTP, which a woman is likely to suffer from after she goes home. Post-abortal bleeding along with pelvic infection and incomplete abortion were observed to be the commonest delayed complications in a multicentric study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research [1].