NCT03813849

Remnants of Conception After Suction Evacuation of Missed Abortion

Sonographic Detection of Remnants After Surgical Evacuation of Missed Abortion

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Alexandria · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

All women admitted for surgical evacuation of missed abortion after failure of medical treatment from June 2016 underwent transvaginal sonography immediately after completion of the procedure as judged by the operator to ensure absence of remnants.

Detailed description

Women indicated for surgical evacuation of missed abortion up to 12 weeks were included. Standard surgical evacuation of uterus by suction followed by sharp curettage under general anaesthesia were done for all cases. When the operator judged the procedure as complete, transvaginal sonography was done by dedicated sonographer using portable ultrasound machine in theatre. If remnants were detected the procedure was repeated till the cavity seen empty.

Conditions

• Miscarriage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Sonographic examination of uterus after surgical evacuation

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-06-10
• Primary completion: 2020-01-30
• Completion: 2020-03-30
• First posted: 2019-01-23
• Last updated: 2019-10-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt