Surgical abortion prior to 7 weeks of gestation

Contraception

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-17

  Lichtenberg, E Steve ^a   Paul, Maureen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Early induced abortion; Early medical abortion; Early surgical abortion; Early vacuum aspiration; Ectopic pregnancy; Electric vacuum aspiration; Failed attempted abortion; Manual vacuum aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAZEPAM; GEMEPROST; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ABORTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 84879109865     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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