Meet the editor

Igor V. Lakhno, MD (1994), PhD (1999), DSc (2019), is a professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kharkiv National VN Karazin University, Ukraine. When a post-diploma student he graduated from an international training course on reproductive medicine and family planning held in Debrecen University (Hungary). His research interests include reproductive health, obstetrics, medical complications of pregnancy, fetal

and maternal health, and gynecology. He is the author of about 200 printed works with many published in high-impacted journals and Scopus and Web of Science databases. He has participated as a speaker in several international conferences and congresses. Igor Lakhno is an editorial and reviewer board member of several scientific journals: *Health of Woman*, *Emergency Medicine*, and others.

Contents

**Section 1**

Provoked Abortion *by Affonso Renato Meira*

*by Jiřina Kocourková*

*and Andjela Perovic*

*and Georgios Galazios*

**Section 2**

**Preface III**

Pregnancy **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 25**

Spontaneous Abortions **41**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 59**

**Chapter 6 87**

Interruption of Pregnancy in Women with the Uterine Scar: Potential Risks

East-West Divide in Abortion Behaviour in the EU Countries Since 1990:

Practical Approaches to the Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment of

*by Aleksandar Ljubic, Dzihan Abazovic, Dusica Ljubic, Andrea Pirkovic* 

Abortions in First Trimester Pregnancy, Management, Treatment *by Panagiotis Tsikouras, Theodora Deftereou, Xanthoula Anthoulaki, Anastasia Bothou, Anna Chalkidou, Fotini Gaitatzi, Ioannis Tsirkas, Arsou Chalil Bourazan, Eirini Bampageorgaka, George Stanulov, Elefterios Chatzimichael, Spyridon Michalopoulos, Panagiotis Petsidis, Georgios Iatrakis, Stefanos Zervoudis, Maria Lambropoulou, Werner Rath* 

Historical Review and Modern Trends in the Prevention of Unwanted

Is Induced Abortion a Part of Family Planning in China?

*by Jinlin Liu, Yvon Englert and Wei-Hong Zhang*

Ongoing or Vanished Differentiation?

Implantation and the Fetal Health

*by Galina Dikke and Vladimir Ostromenskiy*
