Manual versus electric vacuum aspiration for early first-trimester abortion: a controlled study of complication ratesAlisa B Goldberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:101-7. 2004
..These studies proved the methods to be equally effective and acceptable but were too small to adequately compare safety. We compared immediate complication rates for abortions performed by manual and electric vacuum aspiration...
- Cervical dilation before first-trimester surgical abortion (<14 weeks' gestation). SFP Guideline 20071
Rebecca H Allen
Contraception 76:139-56. 2007
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- Misoprostol in gynecology
Alisa B Goldberg
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, 1055 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Curr Womens Health Rep 3:475-83. 2003
..Most studies have not demonstrated a benefit for using misoprostol as a cervical ripening agent in postmenopausal women...
- Misoprostol compared with laminaria before early second-trimester surgical abortion: a randomized trial
Alisa B Goldberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:234-41. 2005
..To compare the efficacy and acceptability of same-day misoprostol and overnight laminaria for cervical ripening before early second-trimester surgical abortion...
Can women accurately assess the outcome of medical abortion based on symptoms alone?Andrea V Jackson
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Contraception 85:192-7. 2012
..The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate whether women undergoing medical abortion can accurately assess abortion outcome based on symptoms alone. Our secondary aim was to identify predictors of medical abortion failure...
- Intrauterine adhesions as a risk factor for failed first-trimester pregnancy termination
Janelle Luk
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Contraception 76:331-3. 2007
..This report introduces intrauterine adhesions as an additional risk factor...
- Induction of labor: the misoprostol controversy
Alisa B Goldberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gyenecology, Brigham and Wowen's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 48:244-8. 2003
..Whether misoprostol will prove to be the most cost-effective agent for inducing labor in women with an unfavorable cervix remains to be determined...
- Pain management of first-trimester surgical abortion: effects of selection of local anesthesia with and without lorazepam or intravenous sedation
Rebecca H Allen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Contraception 74:407-13. 2006
..This prospective observational study compared the effectiveness and acceptability of three commonly used regimens to reduce pain during first-trimester surgical abortion with local anesthesia...
Male perpetration of intimate partner violence and involvement in abortions and abortion-related conflictJay G Silverman
Department of Society, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1415-7. 2010
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- Emergency contraception: a clinical review
Rebecca H Allen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 50:927-36. 2007
..It is not yet known whether the increased availability of emergency contraception will decrease unintended pregnancy and induced abortion rates...
- Malpositioned intrauterine contraceptive devices: risk factors, outcomes, and future pregnancies
Kari P Braaten
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Obstet Gynecol 118:1014-20. 2011
..To assess possible risk factors, management, and outcomes for women with malpositioned intrauterine contraception devices (IUDs)...
- Expanding access to intrauterine contraception
Rebecca H Allen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 201:456.e1-5. 2009
..Barriers to intrauterine contraception such as requiring cervical cancer screening before insertion, routine testing for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection in low-risk women, or scheduling insertion only during menses are unnecessary...
- Misoprostol administered by epithelial routes: Drug absorption and uterine response
Karen R Meckstroth
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:582-90. 2006
..To quantify and compare serum levels and uterine effects following vaginal (dry), vaginal (moistened), buccal, and rectal misoprostol administration...
- Post-abortion depot medroxyprogesterone acetate continuation rates: a randomized trial of cyclic estradiol
Alisa B Goldberg
The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, 94110, USA
Contraception 66:215-20. 2002
..Cyclic transdermal estradiol use is an unacceptable regimen for preventing the irregular bleeding associated with DMPA initiation...
