Induction of abortion by intrauterine administration of prostaglandin via laparoscopy with concurrent sterilization.

Abstract

This is a preliminary report of a method of inducing abortion at 12 to 15 weeks' gestation, a period when none ot the currently available methods are wholly satisfactory. The authors investigated both prostaglandin F2ALpha (PGF2alpha) and 15-methyl PGF2alpha injected intramyometrially and intraamniotically under laparoscopic visualization prior to sterlization as a means of inducing abortion. They conclude that the results from this small series (13 patients) indicate that this is a practicable method for abortion combined with sterilization for patients at 10 to 15 weeks' gestation and recommend that further comparative studies be undertaken.