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[An uncommon complication of unsafe induced abortion: bowel prolapse through uterine perforation]
R Lebeau1, P Guié, É Bohoussou
1Service de chirurgie viscérale et digestive, CHU de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. lebeauroger@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
The authors report one case of bowel prolapse through uterus following induced abortion. The eviscerated bowel was completely gangrenous, devoided from its mesentery and entrapped in the uterus wall. The treatment was a bowel resection and ileo-ileum anastomosis; the uterus was evacuated of retained products of conception and then sutured. The patient recovered uneventfully; fertility prognosis is expected to be poor because of abortion sequelae. If the abortion law still remains in Ivory Coast, more effort should be directed at reducing the incidence of unwanted pregnancy. This could be best archived by a better information on contraception and better health education programs.
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