A 32-year-old woman was admitted for termination of her 6-week pregnancy at her request. However, pelvic examination followed by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVU) revealed an adnexal mass complicating pregnancy and requiring surgical intervention that was carried out after termination of pregnancy. At laparotomy, left salpingo-oophorectomy was performed and histologic examination revealed a le...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of self-reported abuse in a population of women aged 18 years or older seeking elective pregnancy termination, and to compare abused and nonabused women with respect to the primary reasons for pregnancy termination. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was returned by 486 women seeking outpatient abortion. The survey included demographic information,...

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...

We present the case of a woman who sought pregnancy termination but who, in the interval between consultation and surgical termination, presented with clinical signs of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. This was managed as such, but post-operative follow-up soon revealed that she also carried a viable intrauterine pregnancy.

INTRODUCTION Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination generate complex ethical issues. Surveys conducted in Sri Lanka among doctors and medical students in 1986 supported a change in law in favour of pregnancy termination when gross genetic defects are detected antenatally. A new generation of prenatal tests has focused attention again on the topic of termination and under what circumstance...

Failure of first trimester pregnancy termination is an uncommon, although potentially serious complication of attempted therapeutic abortion. We report our experience in four patients with unsuspected congenital uterine anomalies in whom attempted pregnancy termination procedures failed to completely ablate the products of conception. When dilatation and curettage fails to produce embryonic tis...

While the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act1 (Choice Act) allows a female of any age to consent to a termination of pregnancy,2 there are other statutes, such as the Child Care Act3 and the Children’s Act,4 that provide for different ages of consent for medical and surgical procedures. Doctors are not always certain whether young girls are legally capable of giving proper informed consent ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the therapeutic effect and safety of cerclage placed in pregnancy via laparoscopy (CPL) in the first trimesteror in non-pregnant phase (CNL). METHODS A total of 134 cervical insufficiency patients who were treated with cervical cerclage were included. All the patients were divided into 3 groups. CPL group: 43 cases were treated with cerclage placed in pregnancy via la...