Abortion and secondary infertility

Induced abortion is a traumatic method of terminating early pregnancy,including vacuum aspiration induced abortion and medical abortion.The infertility to induced abortion has been increasing,which may be correlated to multiple induced abortion,the pelvic inflammatory disease(PID) and the damage of endometrium caused by the induced abortion.The decidual scraps and blood during the vacuum aspiration procedure may get into peritoneal cavity from the uterine cavity through the tubes,which may cause pelvic endometriosis.Endometriosis is also considered as one of the important causes of female infertility.The preventive measures of infertility secondary to induced abortion should include the publicity and education of contraception,emphasis on protection of endometrium during induced abortion,and the PID prevention.