Abstract
Twenty-eight patients (median gestational age 17 weeks) referred for induction of second trimester abortion, were randomized to intracervical preliminary treatment by either 50 mg 17 beta-oestradiol or placebo. Abortion was then induced by 1 mg prostaglandin E1 vagitories. The preliminary treatment caused a significant rise in cervical score and a significant reduction in induction-abortion time especially by reducing the number of patients with prolonged induction-abortion time.
| Translated title of the contribution | Local estrogen premedication reduces the abortion time in prostaglandin E1 analogue-induced abortion in the 2nd trimester |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for Læger |
| Volume | 153 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1486-7 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 20. May 1991 |