Curettage immediately after delivery
Marcyniak, M.; Czajkowski, K.; Deregowski, K.; Hamela-Olkowska, A.; Jalinik, K.
Ginekologia Polska 73(12): 1213-1217
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-0011 PMID: 12722470 Document Number: 547006
The purpose of the study was to compare indications for curettage directly after delivery with histologic findings. Only in 51% there was a histologic confirmation of placental or membrane tissue. Residences indications of the suspected retained placenta were wrong in 70% cases. The curetting of 75% of the patients experiencing post partum bleeding revealed no fragments of placental or membrane tissue.