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Manual Vacuum Aspirator Works Well in Abortion.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, NEV. -- A manual vacuum aspirator is a reasonable alternative for physicians who want to offer medical abortions but do not have a powered vacuum suction device in their offices, Dr. Victor Chan said at an obstetrics and gynecology conference sponsored by the University of California, Davis.
"In clinical experience, it works very well," said Dr. Chan, director of family planning for the university's health system. "It is just very, very similar to powered vacuum suction."
The Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone for medical abortion requires that physicians who provide medical abortion with the drug are also able to provide surgical services, either themselves or by referral.
For physicians who don't have the space in their office or do not want to incur the expense of purchasing an electric suction evacuation device, there is the manual vacuum aspirator, Dr. Chan said. The manual device comes in a kit that includes a 60-cc, valved syringe and either 8 or 16 flexible cannulas, ranging in size from 4 mmto 16 mm.
Because the handheld aspirators are so easy to use, requiring only local anesthesia and frequently no mechanical dilatation, they are well suited for those patients who opt for a medical abortion but then find it too uncomfortable, Dr. Chan said.
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