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Induction of Abortion by Intrauterine Administration of Prostaglandin via Laparoscopy with Concurrent Sterilization
Author(s) -
Morad M.,
Toppozada M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1977.tb00687.x
Subject(s) - medicine , prostaglandin f2alpha , abortion , laparoscopy , sterilization (economics) , gestation , obstetrics , prostaglandin , gynecology , research methodology , family planning , pregnancy , population , surgery , environmental health , biology , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , genetics , foreign exchange
This is a preliminary report of a method of inducing abortion at 12 to 15 weeks' gestation, a period when none of the currently available methods are wholly satisfactory. The authors investigated both prostaglandin F 2α (PGF 2α ) and 15‐methyl PGF 2α injected intramyometrially and intraamniotically under laparoscopic visualization prior to sterilization as a means of inducing abortion. They conclude that the results from this small series (13 patients) indicate that this is a practicable method for abortion combined with sterilization for patients at 10 to 15 weeks' gestation and recommend that further comparative studies be undertaken.