<unk>  (D&E) is the<unk>  of the cervix and surgical evacuation of the uterus (potentially including the fetus, placenta and other tissue) after the first trimester of pregnancy. It is a method of abortion as well as a common procedure used after miscarriage to remove all pregnancy tissue. In various health care centers it may be called by different names: * D&E<unk>  * ERPOC (Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception) * TOP or STOP ((Surgical) Termination Of Pregnancy) D&E normally refers to a specific second trimester procedure. However, some sources use the term D&E to refer more generally to any procedure that involves the processes of<unk> , which includes the first trimester procedures of manual and electric vacuum aspiration. Intact<unk>  and Extraction (D&X) is a different procedural variation on D&E.
Dilation and evacuation
Uterine balloon tamponade
Casualty evacuation
Tubal ligation
Forceps
Resuscitative hysterotomy
Trial of labour
Labor induction