TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Effectiveness of emergency contraception in women after sexual assault
JO  - Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine
A1  - Choi, Dong Seok
A1  - Kong, Tae Wook
A1  - Lee, Kyoung Mi
A1  - Hwang, Kyung Joo
A1  - Kim, Miran
SP  - 126
EP  - 130
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2233-8233
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5653/cerm.2013.40.3.126
ID  - ref1
ER  -