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Abstract
Aim
While manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) is commonly employed for early first-trimester abortions, its effectiveness in treating hydatidiform mole is still unclear. This study sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MVA in comparison to dilation and curettage (D&C) for managing hydatidiform mole.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective review of medical records for 198 patients with hydatidiform mole treated at Nagoya University Hospital between 2004 and 2023. After excluding cases with incomplete data, we compared 106 patients who underwent D&C with 60 patients treated with MVA followed by curettage. We evaluated the surgical duration, intraoperative blood loss, and the occurrence of post-molar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) in both groups.
Results
The surgical duration and blood loss were similar between the MVA and D&C groups. The average surgical time was 13.2 min for D&C and 11.8 min for MVA (p = 0.145). Most cases in both groups experienced blood loss of less than 10 mL, with no significant difference (p = 0.066). Over a median follow-up period of 33.4 months, 25 cases developed post-molar GTN. All GTN cases originated from complete hydatidiform mole (25 of 132 cases, 18.9%), and none were from partial hydatidiform mole. Kaplan–Meier analysis, focusing only on patients with complete hydatidiform mole, indicated no significant difference in the time to onset of GTN between the D&C and MVA groups (p = 0.632).
Conclusions
MVA followed by curettage is a viable approach for treating molar pregnancy.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research is the official Journal of the Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and aims to provide a medium for the publication of articles in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology.
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