Maternal mortality and illegal abortions

The analysis of 32 lethal outcomes resulted from illegal abortions is earned out. On duration of gestation the highest frequency was in cases of gestation duration more than 12 weeks of pregnancy (78,2%). By the factors promoting the lethality were intervention with the purpose of an abortion and late hospitalization. At the analysis of the documentation the basic mistakes were the long conservative therapy, underestimation of condition worsening, irrational antibacterial and infusion therapy. The high level of a maternal mortality requires the expansion of measures for prophylaxis, and improvement of surgical approach methods.