Purpose To compare effectiveness and patient satisfaction of different routes of misoprostol
for short-term (same day) cervical priming in first trimester surgical abortions. Methods In a …

Late second trimester dilation and evacuation is a challenging subset of surgical abortion.
Among the reasons for this is the degree of cervical dilation required to safely extricate fetal …

Background Misoprostol is a synthetic analogue of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) with gastric
secretion inhibitory and mucosal protection properties through the production of bicarbonate …

Abortion refers to pregnancy loss before the 20th gestational week. Approximately more
than 80% of abortions develop in the first 12 weeks. Vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain are …

We thank Drs. Cameron, Fiala and Gemzell-Danielsson for their letter and wish to expand
on our thinking and interpretation of the evidence that informed the Society of Family …

Résumé But Donner un état des lieux des preuves scientifiques concernant l'interruption
volontaire de grossesse (IVG) instrumentale en axant la réflexion sur la limitation des …

Bleeding in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy can be a sign of anything from benign
implantation bleeding to life-threating conditions. This article aims to provide connections …

When administered inappropriately, first‐trimester misoprostol management of induced or
spontaneous abortion can result in loss or damage of a continuing pregnancy. Despite these …

In the more than 40 years since national legalization of abortion, investigators have
conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs), large retrospective cohort studies, patient …

In the United States, most abortions occur early in pregnancy; in 2020, approximately 93%
occurred under 13 weeks' gestation, with medication abortion accounting for 51% of all …