Immediate complications after medical compared with surgical termination of pregnancy.

Efficacy of Combination Therapy with Methotrexate and Misoprostol in Termination of Pregnancy in the First Trimester

Background: Induced abortion is the medical or surgical termination of pregnancy before fetal viability. It has maternal or fetal indications. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of methotrexate and misoprostol for termination of the pregnancy in the first trimester. Methods: This analytic study was performed on 100 women at the first trimester of pregna...

Immediate adverse events after second trimester medical termination of pregnancy: results of a nationwide registry study.

BACKGROUND Increasing gestational age is associated with an increased risk of complications in studies assessing surgical termination of pregnancy (TOP). Medical TOP is widely used during the second trimester and little is known about the frequency of complications. This epidemiological study was undertaken to assess the frequency of adverse events following the second trimester medical TOP and...

Second trimester medical termination of pregnancy: procedure, immediate complications and the risk of repeat termination

Efficacy of vaginal misoprostol and vaginal washing with 3% acetic acid for first trimester pregnancy termination: A randomized single blind clinical trial

Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of 800µg vaginal misoprostol after wetting alkaline PH vagina with 3% acetic acid in comparison with 800µg vaginal misoprostol alone in the alkaline PH vagina in terminating first trimester pregnancies. Methods: In this clinical trial, a total of 100 healthy women between 20 and 40 years old requesting legal terminat...

Birth of a live fetus in twin pregnancy with hydatidiform mole and co-existent a live fetus: case report

Background: Twin pregnancy consist a healthy fetus, and hydatidium molar pregnancy is unusual and very rare. Its incidence is in about 1,22,000 to 1,100,000 of all pregnancies. This type of pregnancy is commonly associated with several obstetric complications requiring early termination of pregnancy. Managing a twin mole pregnancy with normal and live fetuses is controversial, although this unu...