Comparison of oral and vaginal misoprostol for cervical ripening before manual vacuum aspiration of first trimester pregnancy under local anesthesia: A randomized placebo-controlled study

Contraception

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Cakir, Leyla ^a   Dilbaz, Berna ^a,b   Caliskan, Eray ^a   Dede, F Suat ^a   Dilbaz, Serdar ^a   Haberal, Ali ^a  

^a Womens' Health Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical dilatation; Manual vacuum aspiration; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 18044375402     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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