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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Reprod. Health
Sec. Reproductive Epidemiology
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frph.2024.1426859

Surgical abortion service reorganization in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a unique experience of attending second trimester D&E procedures under spinal anesthesia as emergency procedures

Provisionally accepted
Abraham Fessehaye Sium Abraham Fessehaye Sium 1*Jaclyn M. Grentzer Jaclyn M. Grentzer 1Don Eliseo Don Eliseo 2Sarah Prager Sarah Prager 3
  • 1 St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 2 University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, Philippines
  • 3 School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States

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    Although much has been explored regarding the impact of COVID-19 on first trimester abortion and adjustments made to continute the abortion service without interuption such as telemedicine, self-management of abortion, there are too few studies on the impact of the pandemic on second trimester abortion. To the authors knowlege our report is the first to present on health-service re-organization made during the Pandemic to accomodate second trimester dilation and evacuation services for abortion clients. For this reason, we believe that this article fits to your ongoing special isssue.

    Keywords: COVID-19, Service reorganization, Abortion, Second trimester abortion, D&E, Surgical abortion

    Received: 02 May 2024; Accepted: 06 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Sium, M. Grentzer, Eliseo and Prager. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Abraham Fessehaye Sium, St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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