Hysterotomy abortion

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name = Hysterotomy abortion
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Abortion_type = Surgical
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Gestational_age = 12-24 weeks
Usage_notes = U.S. figures include both hysterotomy and hysterectomy.
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Use_US% = <0.01
Use_US_date = 2003
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Hysterotomy abortion is a form of abortion in which the uterus is opened through an abdominal incision and the fetus is removed, similar to a caesarean section, but requiring a smaller incision. [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553899/Abortion.html#s3 Abortion] . (2007). "MSN Encarta." Retrieved July 1, 2007.] As major abdominal surgery, hysterotomy is performed under general anaesthesia, and is only used in rare situations where less invasive procedures have failed or are medically inadvisable (such as in the case of placenta accreta).Roche, Natalie E. (June 16, 2006). [http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3312.htm Surgical Management of Abortion] . Retrieved July 1, 2007.] It is used between the 12th and 24th week of pregnancy.

This method has the greatest risk of complications out of all the abortion procedures. Health officials in the United States warned practitioners against performing hysterotomy abortion in an outpatient setting after it led to the deaths of two women in New York during 1971. [Berger, G.S., Tietze, C., Pakter, J., & Katz, S.H. (1974). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=4814448&dopt=Abstract Maternal mortality associated with legal abortion in New York State: July 1, 1970--June 30, 1972] . "Obstetrics & Gynecology, 43 (3)," 315-26. Retrieved January 26, 2006.] [Stroh, G., Katz, S.H., & Hinman, A.R. (1975). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1059921&query_hl=5&itool=pubmed_docsum Performing second-trimester abortions. Rationale for inpatient basis] . "New York State Journal of Medicine, 75 (12)", 2168-71.Retrieved January 26, 2006.] The rate of mortality for abortion by hysterotomy and hysterectomy reported in the United States between 1972 to 1981 was 60 per 100,000.Grimes, D.A., & Schulz, K.F. (1985). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3897528&dopt=Abstract Morbidity and mortality from second-trimester abortions] . "The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 30 (7)," 505-14. Retrieved July 1, 2007.]

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