Abstract
A vacuum aspirator was used to remove retained fragments of placenta, membranes and hyperplastic decidua after delivery. No post-partum endometritis occurred in the group of 60 patients so treated, whereas five infections were found in a control group of 50 patients. The difference is almost significant. Moreover, favourable experience has led to the use of the vacuum aspirator in the treatment of atonic uterine haemorrhage. No complications have been observed, and the risk seems to be less than that in conventional curettage, particularly as anaesthesia is unnecessary.