Adjunctive use of Laminaria tents for termination of early mid-trimester pregnancy with intramuscular 15(S)-15-methyl PGF2 alpha.

Abstract

AbstractForty‐five patients with gestational age between 12–16 weeks treated with insertion of Laminaria tents followed 14 hours later by serial intramuscular injections of 15‐methyl PGF2 alpha had a mean abortion time of 10.49 ± 0.94 hours and percentage effectiveness of 97.78% within 20 hours. Except for one case of cervical laceration, no other complications occurred. Tents reduce the drug‐abortion interval and improve the cumulative success rate. A close relationship between degree of difficulty at removal of the tents and the mean abortion interval was noted.