Study protocol

Treatment of retained placenta with misoprostol: a randomised controlled trial in a low-resource setting (Tanzania)

Heleen J van Beekhuizen¹^*, Andrea B Pembe², Heiner Fauteck³ and Fred K Lotgering⁴

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus Medical Centre, PO box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

³ Institute for Cancer Epidemiology, University Luebeck, Germany

⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9:48 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-9-48

Published: 23 October 2009