title: Dilation and evacuation: a preferred method of midtrimester abortion.
abstract: A comparison between two methods of therapeutic termination of midtrimester pregnancies was performed. Twenty-nine patients at 13 to 16 weeks' gestation underwent dilation and evacuation (D and E). A second group, of 29 patients at 16 to 19 weeks' gestation underwent therapeutic abortion by prostaglandin F2 alpha instillation. There was a significantly lower complication rate (6.9% versus 55%) and a shorter hospital stay of 1 full day in the D and E group. Also, the blood loss was not significantly greater in the D and E group.
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D005113:Extraction, Obstetrical; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008423:Maternal Age; D010298:Parity; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014620:Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical
chemical_list: D011460:Prostaglandins F