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.
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  • Maureen Paul

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • 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 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 31 July 2009.

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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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