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| Abortion and Its Treatment |
Abortion is the separation of products of conception from
the uterus prior to the potential for fetal
survival outside the uterus.
A potential viable fetus is generally considered to weigh at
least 500 grams and or have a gestational age of greater than 20 weeks.
Spontaneous Abortion
This refers to expulsion of all or part of the products of
conception from the uterus prior to the 20th completed week of
gestation.
Incomplete abortion tends to occur more often after 10th
gestational week, when the placenta and the fetus tend to be expelled
separately.
