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Using data from the 17th Congress of the Polish Gynecological Society of 1968, an analysis of complications following abortion at 2 obstetrical clinics in Poland is presented; the analysis covers a 10-year period beginning 2 years after the legalization of abortion in 1956. In the 1st clinic there were 3386 abortions (95% for social reasons), almost all performed during the first trimester. There were direct complications in 345 (10.2%) cases, delayed complications in 52 cases, but no deaths. At the 2nd clinic, 14,257 abortions were performed, and out of these there were 21 (.14%) cases of uterine perforation, 97 (.68%) cases of hemorrhage, 125 (.87%) of endometritis, 320 cases of adnexitis, 287 (2.01%) retained placentas, and 35 (.37%) cases of anemia. The use of a vacuum aspiration technique has demonstrably reduced complications. Since the legalization of abortion the mortality rate from complications is over 5 times less. Abortion is not without consequence to the organism, however, and stress is being placed on family planning and birth control.
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PMID:[Analysis of complications after legal interruption of pregnancy in Poland]. 553 17