ReviewBMC research notes2016
Clandestine abortion causing uterine perforation and bowel infarction in a rural area: a case report and brief review.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Extensive Uterine Necrosis and Peritonitis Following Clandestine Abortion Attempt: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- "I wasn't sure it would work. I was just trying": an ethnographic study on the choice of abortion methods among young women in Kilifi County, Kenya, and Atlantique Department, Benin.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Peritonitis following unsafe abortion: a retrospective study in a tertiary health facility in North Central Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- A case of suspected illegal abortion: how clinicians may assist the forensic pathologist.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
- Strategies to reduce the global burden of direct maternal deaths.Obstetric medicine · 2017Article
- Intestinal Injury Associated With Uterine Perforation due to Surgical Abortion in Japan.Gastroenterology research · 2017Article
- An Unusual Presentation of Intestinal Obstruction: Uterine Perforation and Bowel Herniation Following Manual Vacuum Aspiration.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAn unsafe abortion is defined as a procedure for terminating an unintended pregnancy carried out either by a person lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimal medical standards or both. Majority of these unsafe abortions are carried out in rural areas of developing countries, usually by unskilled persons who do not have proper knowledge of the anatomy of reproductive organs and in unhygienic environments thus leading to various complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We discuss the case of a 21 year old female who presented in septic shock after she underwent an unsafe abortion of an 11 weeks pregnancy with uterine wall perforation and bowel injury that required resection.
conclusionUnsafe abortion is an important public health problem which accounts for a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in resource poor countries. A high index of suspicion of clandestine abortion with ensuing complications should prevail when faced with a woman of child bearing age with the triad of vaginal bleeding, amenorrhea and pelvic sepsis.
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