Sublingual versus vaginal misoprostol for cervical ripening PRIOR to manual vacuum aspiration under local anaesthesia: A randomized study

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-377

  Caliskan, E ^a,b   Filiz, T ^a   Yucesoy, G ^a   Coskun, E ^a   Vural, B ^a   Corakci, A ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical dilatation; Induced abortion; Manual vacuum aspiration; Misoprostol; Pre operative ripening of the cervix; Termination of first trimester pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; DICLOMEC; MISOPROSTOL; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOTTING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CERVICAL RIPENING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; NAUSEA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; VACUUM CURETTAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 36348988591     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701549758     Document Type: Article

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