Sublingual misoprostol vs. MVA for the treatment of incomplete abortion in Egypt
- Published
- November 1st, 2010
- Type
- Staff Publication
- Topic
- Pregnancy Failure
- Authors
- Winikoff, Beverly, Blum, Jennifer, Dabash, Rasha, Dabash, R., Cherine Ramadan, M., Darwish, E., Hassanein, N., Blum, J., Winikoff, B.
This article reports on the results of a study comparing sublingual misoprostol to MVA for the treatment of incomplete abortion in Egypt. The results demonstrate that misoprostol is a highly effective and feasible treatment alternative to surgery, and that the likelihood of a clinically important drop in Hb (<2 g/dl) post treatment is comparably rare following medical and surgical treatment.
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