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Extraovular PGE2 and oxytocin-implicated uterine rupture during midtrimester termination of pregnancy
S Lurie1, Z Hagay, R Borenstein
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
Advances in Contraception : the Official Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of uterine rupture caused by extraovular PGE2 in a sequence with intravenous oxytocin during midtrimester termination of pregnancy is presented. It teaches us that when oxytocin is used after prostaglandins in patients having a scarred uterus, the lowest effective dose should be applied.