Karin Brandell, John J Reynolds-Wright, Clare Boerma, Gillian Gibson, Helena Hognert, Heera Tuladhar, Oskari Heikinheimo, Sharon Cameron, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson
"Very early medical abortion" (VEMA) refers to medical abortion (with mifepristone and misoprostol) before intrauterine pregnancy is visualized on ultrasound. Our aim is to present the current evidence on efficacy, safety (focused on ectopic pregnancies), and how to assess treatment success of VEMA. We conducted a systematic review of studies reporting outcomes of VEMA. The field is small and so our objective was to map all relevant literature, without conducting meta-analysis. We searched PubMed, Medline, and Embase on April 19, 2022...
January 10, 2023: Seminars in Reproductive Medicine