Background | |
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Abortion type | Surgical |
First use | China 1958 and UK 1967[1] |
Gestation | 3-13+6 weeks |
Usage | |
Figures are combined usage of MVA and EVA. | |
Sweden | 42.7% (2005) |
UK: Eng. & Wales | 64% (2006) |
United States | 59.9% (2016) |
Infobox references |
Vacuum or suction aspiration is a procedure that uses a vacuum source to remove an embryo or fetus through the cervix. The procedure is performed to induce abortion, as a treatment for incomplete spontaneous abortion (otherwise commonly known as miscarriage) or retained fetal and placental tissue, or to obtain a sample of uterine lining (endometrial biopsy).[2][3] It is generally safe, and serious complications rarely occur.[4]
Some sources may use the terms dilation and evacuation[5] or "suction" dilation and curettage[6] to refer to vacuum aspiration, although those terms are normally used to refer to distinctly different procedures.
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