Impact of paracervical block on postabortion pain in patients undergoing abortion under general anesthesia

Pain management for medical and surgical termination of pregnancy between 13 and 24 weeks of gestation: a systematic review

“…27 No studies reported indications for TOP. Three studies reported participants' pain using VAS, 13,25,26 whereas one study asked participants to characterise pain verbally as none, mild, moderate or severe. 27 One study reported participant satisfaction.…”

“…22,23 Four studies reported the results of surgical TOP (Figure 2; Tables 2 and S2), and included 349 participants from the USA and Pakistan. 13,[25][26][27] Gestational ages were between 13 and 21 weeks; one study did not report an average gestational age. 27 No studies reported indications for TOP.…”

“…25 In one study, women reported pain immediately post-procedure; 26 in all others, women reported pain upon awakening from general anaesthesia. 13,25,27 Two studies reported the need for additional pain medication. 13,26 Pain management during medical TOP…”

“…13,25,27 Two studies reported the need for additional pain medication. 13,26 Pain management during medical TOP…”

“…We excluded studies if we could not determine the gestational age range to be between 13 and 24 weeks. Where reports were not disaggregated by gestational age, we contacted the authors to request these data; 13 if disaggregated data were not provided, studies were included if the average gestational age was within the specified range. We also contacted the authors of relevant studies listed in the ClinicalTrials.gov database that were reported to have completed recruitment, but that had not yet been published, and invited authors to contribute their data to the review.…”