Articles: surgery.
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This paper reports the findings of a national survey of Medical Schools and Plastic Surgery Units. The survey has shown that plastic surgery is included in the undergraduate curriculum of 78% of the Medical Schools in the United Kingdom, and that this teaching load is shared by 77% of the Plastic Surgery Units in the United Kingdom. The results of a survey of medical students from the University of Oxford are also presented.
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Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol · Feb 1986
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialPreoperative cervical dilatation: a trial of laminaria tents and prostaglandin F2 alpha gel.
Surgical damage to the cervix in patients undergoing termination of pregnancy may be responsible for serious complications in subsequent pregnancies. Sixty nulliparous women undergoing first trimester termination of pregnancy were randomly allocated to 3 treatment groups, one using laminaria tents preoperatively, one using intracervical PGF2 alpha gel preoperatively and one using no pretreatment. ⋯ There were no differences in blood loss or postoperative complications among the 3 groups. Laminaria tents provide a cheap, effective and safe method of reducing the risk of cervical damage in women undergoing surgical termination of pregnancy.
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Acta medica Hungarica · Jan 1986
Pre-evacuation dilatation of the pregnant uterine cervix by Laminaria japonica.
Laminaria japonica was used as pre-dilator of the pregnant uterine cervix prior to termination of pregnancy in the first and second trimester. In the first trimester (6-11 weeks, n=26) no other method was used, while in the second trimester pharmacological stimulation--prostaglandin F2 alpha or the prostaglandin analogue Sulprostone was used after or simultaneously with the laminaria insertion (12-18 weeks n=34 and 40, respectively). The dilatatory effect of laminaria was an obvious help in termination of both first and second trimester pregnancies.