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Manual and Vacuum Aspiration for Abortion
Why It Is Done
Vacuum aspiration is done in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Vacuum aspiration can be done for:
- An induced therapeutic abortion.
- A failed medical abortion.
- Death of the fetus (missed spontaneous abortion).
- An incomplete miscarriage (incomplete spontaneous abortion).
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 31, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology Reference Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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