Conference Paper: Review of contraceptive use among women seeking for repeat termination of pregnancy in Hong Kong

TitleReview of contraceptive use among women seeking for repeat termination of pregnancy in Hong Kong
Authors
Issue Date2008
Citation
The 2nd Congress of the Asia-Pacific Council on Contraception (APCOC), Macau, China, 4-6 December 2008. How to Cite?
AbstractTermination of pregnancy (TOP) is one of the commonly performed gynaecological procedures. We carried out this retrospective review to study the contraceptive practice among women seeking for first-time versus repeat TOPs. We analysed the data of 596 women attending the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong for TOP during January to March 2005. Among them, 340 (57.0%) of cases were seeking first-time TOP, 161 (27.0%) were undergoing second TOP, and 95 (15.9%) undergoing TOP for the third or more times. Overall, 43% of the cases under review were having repeat …
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/200164

 

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dc.contributor.authorLi, HW-
dc.contributor.authorWan, SF-
dc.contributor.authorLo, ST-
dc.contributor.authorFan, YS-
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T07:59:01Z-
dc.date.available2014-07-31T07:59:01Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citationThe 2nd Congress of the Asia-Pacific Council on Contraception (APCOC), Macau, China, 4-6 December 2008.-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/200164-
dc.description.abstractTermination of pregnancy (TOP) is one of the commonly performed gynaecological procedures. We carried out this retrospective review to study the contraceptive practice among women seeking for first-time versus repeat TOPs. We analysed the data of 596 women attending the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong for TOP during January to March 2005. Among them, 340 (57.0%) of cases were seeking first-time TOP, 161 (27.0%) were undergoing second TOP, and 95 (15.9%) undergoing TOP for the third or more times. Overall, 43% of the cases under review were having repeat …-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofCongress of the Asia-Pacific Council on Contraception, APCOC 2008-
dc.titleReview of contraceptive use among women seeking for repeat termination of pregnancy in Hong Kongen_US
dc.typeConference_Paperen_US
dc.identifier.emailLi, HW: raymondli@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailWan, SF: siufung@hku.hk-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.hkuros165442-

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