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Abortion Drugs

  In this department of Obstetrics and gynecology at Maputo Central
Hospital, we started using misoprostol since 1991. First we used in
second trimester abortion, a situation dificult to deal with in a
poor country where expensive drugs like conventional
prostaglandines are not avalable. In this area our results are as
follow:
1- Bugalho,A,Bique....:The effectiveness of intravaginal misoprostol
in inducing abortion after eleven weeks of pregancy. Studies in
Family Planning,1993;24:5:319323
2-Bugalho,A Bique...:Pregnancy interruption by vaginal misoprostol.
Gynecol.Obstet.Invest.,1993;34:226-229.
3-Bugalho,A,Bique...: Aplication of vaginal misoprostol before
cervical dilatation to facilitate first trimester
abortion.Obstet.Gynecol.;1994;83:729-731.
4-Bugalho,A,Bique...:Vaginal misoprostol as alternative to oxitocin
for induction of labour in women with late fetal death.Acta Obst/Gyn
Scand.,1995;74:194-198.
5-Bugalho,A.,Bique....Uterine evacuation by vaginal misoprostol after
second trimester pregnancy interruption. Acta Obst/Gyn
Scand;1996;75..
6-Bugalho,A.,Bique...:Induction of labour with intravaginal
misoprostol in intrauterine fetal death.Am J Obstet.
Gynecol.1994;171:538-41.
7- Bugalho,A.Faundes,A...:Evaluation of the effectiveness of vaginal
misoprostol to induce first trimester abortion.Contraception
1996;53:243-246.

  We offer interruption of pregnancy in first trimester, performing
about 3000 a year. Since May1996 we only use misoprostol in an
ambulatory base with good results, any case for transfusion or
laparotomies.Admissions during the procedure less than 1%, failures
of the first aplication about 5%.

Best regards
Bugalho
mail to: abugalho@zebra.uem.mz
abugalho@zebra.uem.mz

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