@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of emergency contraception in women after sexual assault",
journal="Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine",
year="2013",
author="Choi, Dong Seok and Kong, Tae Wook and Lee, Kyoung Mi and Hwang, Kyung Joo and Kim, Miran",
volume="40",
number="3",
pages="126-130",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of emergency single-dose levonorgestrel contraception in preventing unintended pregnancies among woman who visited the emergency department (ED) due to sexual assault (SA). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review in a university hospital in South Korea. Cases from November 10, 2006 to November 9, 2009 were enrolled. Information from the initial visit to the ED and subsequent follow-up visits to the gynecology outpatient clinic was collected. RESULTS: In total, 1,179 women visited the ED due to SA. Among them, 416 patients had a gynecological examination and 302 patients who received emergency contraception (EC) (1.5 mg single-dose levonorgestrel) at the ED due to SA were enrolled. Ten patients did not return for follow-up examinations. In follow-up visits at the outpatient clinic, two pregnancies were confirmed, which showed the failure rate of the EC to be 0.68%. CONCLUSION: Single-dose levonorgestrel EC is extremely effective at preventing pregnancy among victims of SA.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2233-8233",
doi="10.5653/cerm.2013.40.3.126",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5653/cerm.2013.40.3.126"
}