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Update on second-trimester surgical abortion

Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016
Purpose of review To review the recent literature on surgical second-trimester abortion, with specific attention to cervical preparation techniques. Recent findings Confirming previous studies, a recent retrospective observational cohort study, including 54 911 abortions, estimated ...
Kate A, Shaw, Klaira, Lerma
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Second-Trimester Abortions-Reply

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1983
In Reply.— Dr Iffy's continued concerns about the effects of induced abortion, particularly DE he also selectively references those American studies that he believes support his contentions. In the interest of space, we refer the reader to a recent review article 4 that synthesized all the available data on the effects of induced abortion on ...
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‘Idiopathic’ second-trimester abortion — a reproductive failure

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1986
The results of the investigation of all 238 immature deliveries (second-trimester abortions) that occurred in the period 1973 to 1985 in the Academic Hospital of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam are presented. The incidence after 1979 was found to be increasing. Excluding all deliveries with a known cause, 126 'idiopathic' cases remained.
Ubbink, D. T., Puyenbroek, J. I.
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Dilatation and curettage for second-trimester abortions

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1977
This study reports the outcome of 2,500 consecutive second-trimester abortions performed with the dilatation and curettage methods. Of the abortions, 99.2 per cent were for gestations between the fifteenth and eighteenth menstrual weeks of pregnancy.
A A, Hodari, J, Peralta, P J, Quiroga, E B, Gerbi   +3 more
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Vaginal misoprostol for early second-trimester abortion

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 1998
To demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of misoprostol without the need of postexpulsion systematic curettage in early second-trimester abortions, i.e. at 13-15 weeks' gestation.A group of 151 women, with gestations from 85 to 105 days, received 800 micrograms of vaginal misoprostol every 25 h for a maximum of three doses, without having ...
J L, Carbonell, L, Valera, A, Velazco, R, Tanda, C, Sánchez   +4 more
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Aftercare following second trimester abortion procedures

Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Purpose of review The purpose of this review is to examine patient experiences following second-trimester abortion care to identify clinical interventions to improve aftercare. Recent findings Early validation of a five-question Reproductive Grief Screen suggests that this ...
Natalie C, Spach, Andrea, Henkel
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Epidural morphine analgesia in second-trimester induced abortion

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1980
Epidural administration of 2 mg of morphine to 16 patients who were undergoing induced abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy abolished labor pains in 10 of them within 10 to 20 minutes after treatment was begun. The pain did not recur until the abortion process started, sometimes hours later. In one patient, the relief of pain was achieved with
F, Magora, Y, Donchin, D, Olshwang, J G, Schenker   +3 more
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Cervical Obstruction Complicating Second-Trimester Abortion

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2009
Cervical cone biopsy or loop electrosurgical excision procedures (LEEP) may lead to cervical scarring, agglutination, or stenosis. Leiomyomas may also obstruct the lower uterine segment such that instruments cannot be passed from the vagina to the gestation.Two women requested second trimester abortion. Both women had undergone cervical LEEP.
Lynn, Borgatta, Raja, Sayegh, Sarah J, Betstadt, Phillip G, Stubblefield   +3 more
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Second-Trimester Abortions in the United States

Family Planning Perspectives, 1984
Late abortion remains a complex and difficult issue in the United States, where about 10 percent of all abortions are performed at 13 or more weeks' gestation. The reasons why women delay having abortions appear to be largely personal, and most are not amenable to public health intervention.
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Second-trimester abortion.

The New England journal of medicine, 1994
J B, Stanford, S E, Weed, W L, Toffler
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