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RUPTURE OF THE CERVIX IN PROSTAGLANDIN ABORTIONS
Author(s) -
Kajanoja P.,
Jungner G.,
Widholm O.,
Karjalainen O.,
Seppälä M.
Publication year - 1974
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.1471-0528.1974.tb00452.x
Subject(s) - cervix , obstetrics , abortion , prostaglandin , gynecology , medicine , complication , uterine cervix , induced abortions , parity (physics) , uterine rupture , pregnancy , population , family planning , uterus , research methodology , biology , physics , surgery , endocrinology , carcinoma , cancer , environmental health , particle physics , genetics
Summary A total of 412 patients had second trimester abortions and in five of them a rupture of the cervix was detected. An attempt is made to relate the occurrence of this complication to age, parity and to the method of stimulating uterine activity.