Second-trimester abortion by dilatation and evacuation: An analysis of 11,747 cases

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 185-190

  Peterson, William F ^a   Norman Berry, F ^a   Grace, Mamdouh R ^a   Gulbranson, Christie L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

COMPLICATION; EVACUATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYSTEROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; UTERINE PERFORATION;

EID: 0020611010     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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