Sublingual misoprostol versus standard surgical care for treatment of incomplete abortion in five sub-Saharan African countries

Table 2 Results

	Misoprostol	Surgical	RR (95% CI) / p-value
	n = 465	n = 374
Success: % (n)^a
Complete abortion	94.4 (439)	100.0 (374)	0.90 (0.88-0.92)
Incomplete abortion/ongoing pregnancy	5.6 (26)	0.0 (0)	0.90 (0.88-0.92)
Success by site
Senegal	92.9 (92/99)	100.0 (100/100)	0.89 (0.84-0.94)
Niger	88.7 (63/71)	100.0 (81/81)	0.85 (0.78-0.92)
Mauritania	91.4 (53/58)	100.0 (61/61)	0.87 (0.81-0.94)
Nigeria	96.2 (25/26)	100.0 (25/25)	0.92 (0.85-0.99)
Burkina Faso	97.6 (206/211)	100.0 (107/107)	0.97 (0.97-0.97)
Ultrasound used to evaluate success^b: % (n)	39.1 (167/427)	17.8 (60/338)	p < 0.001
Senegal^c	81.1 (77/95)	18.6 (16/86)	p < 0.001
Other 4 sites	27.1 (90/332)	17.5 (44/252)	p < 0.01
Women who made an unscheduled visit^d	2.9 (13/452)	1.1 (4/366)	p = 0.14
Women who called the provider^e	6.0 (27/448)	1.1 (4/364)	p < 0.01

^a21 women from the Niger site were lost to follow-up: 15 in the misoprostol arm and 6 in the surgical arm.
^bUltrasound data is not available for 74 women: 38 in the misoprostol arm and 36 in the surgical arm.
^cSenegal was required by their IRB to use ultrasound in evaluating outcome.
^d3 women in the misoprostol arm made 2 unscheduled visits; all others made only 1 unscheduled visit.
^e4 women in the misoprostol arm called twice; all other callers called once.

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