ArticleArchives of gynecology and obstetrics2024
Effect of obesity on the time to a successful medical abortion with misoprostol in first-trimester missed abortion.
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- Medication Abortion Failure in a Patient With Class III Obesity and Twin Gestation: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-derived gestational sac triple product as a predictor of early medical abortion failure with mifepristone-misoprostol regimens: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of an Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Prediction of the Need for Surgical Evacuation in Patients with Incomplete Abortion.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of misoprostol used in first-trimester abortion in obese women and to determine whether obesity is associated with time to a successful medical abortion.
methodsThe records of patients diagnosed with missed abortion at our clinic between 2018 and 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. All women aged 18 to 45 years who were diagnosed with missed abortion in the first trimester and treated with misoprostol were included in the study. The cases were divided into two groups: obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m
resultsA successful medical abortion occurred in 45.2% of the women in the obese group and 69.0% of those in the non-obese group. The time to uterine evacuation was 8.24 ± 4.03 h in the obese group and 6.35 ± 3.54 h in the non-obese group. The relationship between obesity and time to a successful medical abortion was evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier curve, which showed a significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.028).
conclusionOur findings show that obesity affects time to a successful medical abortion. In addition, the rate of successful medical abortion after misoprostol administration was lower in the obese women.
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