Medical management with vaginal misoprostol versus surgical management for first trimester pregnancy failure

ABSTRACT

Background: The incidence of clinically recognized miscarriages remains around 10-20%.The most common type of early pregnancy failure include spontaneous abortion, anembryonic gestation and embryonic or fetal death [missed miscarriage].In this study we compared the effectiveness of vaginal misoprostol for the management of first trimester pregnancy loss in obtaining adequate evacuation of uterus as an alternative to surgical evacuation in a tertiary care hospital