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Buccal misoprostol plus laminaria for cervical preparation before dilation and evacuation at 21-23 weeks of
Eleanor A Drey1, Lyndsey S Benson1, Abby Sokoloff1
1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Objective:
To describe the effectiveness of buccal misoprostol as an adjunct to laminaria for cervical ripening before later second-trimester abortion by dilation and evacuation (D&E).
Methods:
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of 196 women undergoing D&E between 21 and 23 weeks of gestation. Subjects had overnight laminaria and 400 mcg buccal misoprostol or placebo 3-4 h before the abortion. We used logarithmic transformation of the primary outcome--D&E procedure duration--to achieve a normal distribution.
Results:
Mean D&E duration was 1.7 min shorter with misoprostol (p=.02). The median duration was 9.7 versus 10.4 min in the misoprostol and placebo groups, respectively (p=.09). Cervical dilation was slightly greater with misoprostol (median 75 mm vs. 73 mm, p=.04); however, physicians did not find the misoprostol D&Es easier to complete. Half of subjects reported severe pain after misoprostol vs. 11% with placebo (p<.001).
Conclusion:
Adjuvant buccal misoprostol results in slightly shorter D&Es at the cost of more side effects.
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