[Expectant management of missed abortion]

A hundred cases of consecutive missed abortion under expectant management are analysed. The average age for these patients was 29.1, 81% were multiparous, and in 65% of the cases they were not using any contraceptives in the last year. The mean score for haematocrit has no variations. These cases were resolved in an average of 12.8 days. In 42% of the cases, the abortion is complete and with no need for instrumentation. In 43% of the cases, curettage is necessary but in only 7% dilatation is necessary. In 16% of the cases there are some types of complications but in only 1% it is serious, not by the expectant management. Concluding that the conservative management in missed abortion cases represents a good alternative focussing classic dilatation and curettage in selected patients in which you can obtain an adequate continuation and subsequent control.