Anaphylaxis following laminaria insertion rarely occurs but may be a life-threatening condition. Laminaria tents, prepared from natural sea kelp, are commonly used prior to elective termination of pregnancy to achieve cervical dilatation. We report herein two cases of anaphylaxis caused by IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to laminaria. Two women, each of whom had undergone at least one previous ab...

METHODS A retrospective analysis of medical records of three consecutive cohorts of women. All cohorts received a digoxin feticide injection on Day 1. Two cohorts were treated with laminaria, cohort A of 151 women over 1-2 days and cohort B of 52 women over 1-3 days, and cohort C of 151 women was treated with Dilapan-S over 1-3 days. RESULTS Adequate cervical priming for dilatation and evacua...

Background & Aims: Therapeutic abortion in the second trimester pregnancy is the choice treatment in cases with severe anomalies or intrauterine fetal death. It can be done by a number of medical (e.g. misoprostol) or mechanical methods (e.g. laminaria). The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of misoprostol alone and misoprostol in combination with laminaria in the induction of secon...

OBJECTIVE To increase access to early second-trimester surgical abortion by determining noninferiority of same-day synthetic osmotic dilators compared with overnight Laminaria for cervical preparation before early second-trimester dilation and evacuation. METHODS We enrolled women between 14 and 18 weeks of gestation and randomized them to same-day synthetic osmotic dilators or overnight Lami...

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to determine whether intracervical placement of laminaria stalks would improve the effectiveness of inducing termination of pregnancies in the second trimester by intra-amniotic injection of prostaglandin F(2)alpha. STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective randomized clinical trial conducted at Gynecology Department, Lis Maternity Hospital. Fifty women admitted for indicat...

OBJECTIVE Comparing the efficacy of low-dose sublingual misoprostol plus laminaria to medium-dose sublingual misoprostol alone for cervical dilation before surgical management of late first trimester missed abortions. METHODS Randomized, controlled trial evaluated 70 women with missed abortion, admitted for surgical termination of pregnancy. The patients were randomly assigned to receive 200 ...

Citation: Ertani A, Francioso O, Tinti A, Schiavon M, Pizzeghello D and Nardi S (2018) Evaluation of Seaweed Extracts From Laminaria and Ascophyllum nodosum spp. as Biostimulants in Zea mays L. Using a Combination of Chemical, Biochemical and Morphological Approaches. Front. Plant Sci. 9:428. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00428 Evaluation of Seaweed Extracts From Laminaria and Ascophyllum nodosum spp....

Roughly 11% of induced abortions in the United States are performed after 14 weeks of gestation, most commonly by dilation and evacuatio (D&E). For aD&Eprocedure, the cervixmust be dilated sufficiently to allow passage of operative instruments and products of conceptionwithou injuring the uterus or cervical canal. Preoperative preparation of the cervix reduces the risk of cervical laceration an...