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A A Hodari

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PubMed1977

Dilatation and curettage for second-trimester abortions.

This study reports the outcome of 2,500 consecutive second-trimester abortions performed with the dilatation and curettage methods. Of the abortions, 99.2 per cent were for gestations between the fifteenth and eighteenth menstrual weeks of pregnancy. We determined that this procedure is both safer and less traumatic than intrauterine saline or prostaglandin instillation. The low incidence of uterine perforation (0.08 per cent) and over-all morbidity (2.8 per cent) and the short duration of hospitalization (average 1.1 days per patient per procedure), as well aa the absence of any death in our series, substantiate this premise.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Reconstructive tubal surgery for midtubal obstruction.

With the currently growing trend toward voluntary sterilization comes an increase in requests for reversal of that procedure. In our study, 14 patients were candidates for tubal reanastomosis. Seven of the patients became pregnant within 17 months after the procedure: three had normal infants (21%), three had ectopic pregnancies (21%), and one was lost to follow-up (7%). We emphasized very careful handling of the tissues and as short an operative period as possible. We did not use corticosteroids or polyethylene or Teflon prosthetic devices, believing them to be neither a substitute for nor an aid to careful surgical techniques involving delicate instruments and small, atraumatic needles.

Adnexal Diseases↗