Cervical Preparation of Abortions Under Paracervical Block in the First Trimester:
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-06-15
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Surgical abortion is one of the most frequently surgery of women in the world. 43 millions
are annually performed in the world.
90% of the abortions are performed during the first trimester of pregnancy before 13 weeks.
Legal surgical abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy is a low risk intervention
with a mortality rate lower than 1/100 000 abortions, with a risk of complications from 0.3 %
to 3.4 %.