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Review
. 2025 Jun:146:110840.
doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2025.110840. Epub 2025 Feb 12.

Dilation and evacuation in the setting of trachelectomy and abdominal cerclage: A case report and review of the literature

Megan Masten  1 , Cosette Kathawa  2 , Tsion Shiferaw  3 , Cara Clure  4 , Nancy Fang  4
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Dilation and evacuation in the setting of trachelectomy and abdominal cerclage: A case report and review of the literature

Megan Masten et al. Contraception. 2025 Jun.

Abstract

This is a patient with a history of radical trachelectomy and abdominal cerclage who underwent an uncomplicated dilation and evacuation at 15 weeks gestation with mifepristone preparation. Dilation and evacuation may be attempted and safely completed for patients in the early second trimester with this history.

Keywords: Abdominal cerclage; Abortion; D&E; Radical trachelectomy.

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