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Future pregnancy not hurt by Midtrimester D&E. (Review of Data at One Institution).
NEW ORLEANS -- Midtrimester dilation and evacuation does not increase the risk of future spontaneous abortion or preterm birth, Dr. Robin B. Kalish said in a poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
The commonly held belief that this procedure is associated with subsequent cervical incompetence and adverse pregnancy outcome did not stand up to a review of the records of all patients at one institution who underwent dilation and evacuation (D&E) at 1424 weeks' gestation between May 1996 and May 2000.
A total of 96 subsequent pregnancies were identified in women who had undergone the procedure, said Dr. Kalish of New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York.
In 80% (77), the pregnancy resulted in a liveborn infant. By contrast, 63% of all pregnancies in the United States result in a liveborn infant, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
There were 12 first-trimester spontaneous abortions and one ...
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