Therapeutic termination of second trimester pregnancies with low dose misoprostol.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of 50 microg misoprostol for midtrimester termination of pregnancies.

Design: Experimental, cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Unit II, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, a tertiary care centre, from 1st Jan 2003 to 30th June 2005.