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Vaginal misoprostol as medical treatment for early pregnancy failure | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 131, 2012, Pages 46-50 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ayoub Motlak Zedan; Bushra Mohammed Majeed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| To assess the efficacy, safety and acceptability of vaginal misoprostol treatment in women with early pregnancy failure. Prospective study in Tikrit Teaching Hospital. Ninety-six women of less than 13weeks gestation who had been diagnose as having early fetal /embryonic demise, received (800Mg) vaginal misoprostol, this dose repeated after 24hours if expulsion of product of conception not complete, surgical evacuation (curettage) performed in absence of complete evacuation after >3days following initial dose. Of 96 women, 76 (79.2%) had complete abortion, 37 women of them after first dose and 39 women after second dose, 20 (20.8%) women were need surgical evacuation by curettage. So, treatment of early pregnancy failure with misoprostol vaginally is safe and acceptable approach and it reduces need for curettage at expense of increase pain, vaginal bleeding and emergency evacuation (curettage). Key words : Pregnant women, Vaginal, Misoprostol. | ||
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