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INDUCTION OF ABORTION BY THE EXTRA–AMNIOTIC ADMINISTRATION OF PROSTAGLANDIN GELS
Author(s) -
Lippert T. H.,
Modly T.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1973.tb02970.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , abortion , alpha (finance) , prostaglandin e2 , fetus , prostaglandin , pregnancy , obstetrics , anesthesia , surgery , construct validity , biology , patient satisfaction , genetics
Summary By the extra–amniotic administration of prostaglandin E 2 and prostaglandin F 2 α gels, abortion was successfully induced in 20 patients in the second trimester of pregnancy. The mean induction to abortion intervals for the fourteen patients treated with prostaglandin E 2 gel and for the six patients treated with prostaglandin F 2 α gel were respectively 11.5 and 17.6 hours.