Vacuum aspiration
| Background | |
|---|---|
| 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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