Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 86-87, January 2010

Loop electrosurgical excision procedure to treat cervical stenosis at the time of surgical abortion

  • Britt Lunde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Maureen Paul

      Affiliations

    • Planned Parenthood, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Alejandro Treszezamsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Janine Popot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Gillian Dean

      Affiliations

    • Planned Parenthood, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Adam Jacobs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA

Received 21 February 2009; received in revised form 29 July 2009; accepted 31 July 2009. published online 25 September 2009.

Abstract 

Cervical stenosis can act as a barrier to the uterine cavity for surgical abortion. We present a case in which a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) was performed during a surgical abortion to overcome a stenotic cervix. We also discuss risk factors for cervical stenosis, and other methods of treating stenosis which have been reported in the literature.

Keywords: Cervical stenosis, Surgical abortion, Loop electrosurgical excision procedure, Cervical dilation

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00357-6

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2009.07.012

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 86-87, January 2010

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