Misoprostol and mifepristone have been shown to be effective for medical abortion up to 9 weeks of gestation. When used alone, the successful complete abortion rate dropped to approximately 60%. It has been demonstrated that by adding water to misoprostol, the success rate rose to 92%. This is the first randomized study to investigate the efficacy of misoprostol and water versus misoprostol alo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive factors associated with the success of medical abortion by misoprostol monotherapy within 24 hours in the first trimester of pregnancy. METHODS The records of 228 women with miscarriage up to 11 weeks of gestational age who underwent medical abortion by intravaginal misoprostol monotherapy were reviewed. Success of abortion was defined as complete expulsio...

Background: Labor induction is one of the most public ways carried out global for delivering mothers. The aim of labor induction is to encourage uterine contractions before the spontaneous onset of labor, resultant in vaginal delivery misoprostol is used off-label for a variety of indications in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology, including medication abortion, medical management of misc...

Eighty women undergoing induction of labor at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were recruited and randomly allocated into two treatment groups (40 each), to receive either serial 50 µg doses of misoprostol or intracervical Foley catheter. Vaginal blood loss was collected and measured using an under buttocks plastic collection bag and by perineal pad weighing up to 6 hours postpartum....

Cite this article: Wahle EM, Hardy-Fairbanks AJ, Hansen JM, Cowman WL, Stockdale CK (2014) The Effect of Vaginal Misoprostol on Difficult Intrauterine Contraceptive Removal. Med J Obstet Gynecol 2(1): 1020. *Corresponding authors Abbey J. Hardy-Fairbanks, Department of OB/GYN, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, PFP 51225, Iowa City, IA, 52246, USA, Tel: 319356-2291; Em...

Background: Labor induction is the process of initiating labor by pharmacologic agents or other measures. The advantages and disadvantages still a controversy that much debated.
 Aim: To determine characteristics vaginal delivery with intravaginal misoprostol induction.
 Methods: This retrospective descriptive study at Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar during period June 1st, 2016 - ...

OBJECTIVE To determine predictors of outcome for induction of labour using oral misoprostol. SETTING Labour ward at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, that serves an indigent South African urban population. METHODS Data were collected prospectively on all women undergoing induction of labour with oral misoprostol from 1 March 2004 to 28 February 2005. Patients with contraindicat...

Background: Preinduction cervical ripening has a great influence on induction of labor. For labor various methods are used. Mechanical Foleys catheter with or without extra-amniotic saline. Various pharmacological misoprostol, dinoprostone, and oxytocin.Methods: This was prospective observational study conducted 100 patients 50 in each group the department obstetrics gynecology, Government Medi...