Background
Complications of spontaneous miscarriages and therapeutic abortions include the following:
Complications of anesthesia
Postabortion triad (ie, pain, bleeding, low-grade fever)
Hematometra
Retained products of conception
Uterine perforation
Bowel and bladder injury
Failed abortion
Septic abortion
Cervical shock
Cervical laceration
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
The term “septic abortion” refers to a spontaneous miscarriage or therapeutic/artificial abortion complicated by a pelvic infection.