Cervagem®/dilapan® for preoperative cervical dilatation prior to vacuum aspiration for termination of first trimester pregnancy

Contraception ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 741-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urban Jürgensen ◽  
Niels J. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
First Trimester ◽  
Cervical Dilatation ◽  
Vacuum Aspiration ◽  
First Trimester Pregnancy ◽  
Trimester Pregnancy

Gemeprost for second-trimester termination of pregnancy

1989 ◽  
Vol 27 (26) ◽  
pp. 103-103
Keyword(s):  
First Trimester ◽  
Termination Of Pregnancy ◽  
Prostaglandin E ◽  
Second Trimester ◽  
Vacuum Aspiration ◽  
First Trimester Pregnancy ◽  
Trimester Pregnancy ◽  
Vaginal Pessary ◽  
Medical Termination ◽  
Endogenous Prostaglandins

During labour endogenous prostaglandins are involved in the process of softening the cervix. Gemeprost, an analogue of prostaglandin E1, is used as a vaginal pessary (Cervagem - May & Baker) to soften and dilate the cervix before vacuum aspiration of first-trimester pregnancy.1 It can now also be used for medical termination of pregnancy in the mid-trimester.

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