Porro improved the so-called Cæsarean operation by excision of the uterus and adnexae, described in Della amputazione utero-ovarica come complemento di taglio cesareo (1876), the best known of his writings.
Pellets of mepacrine are inserted through the cervix into a woman's uterine cavity using a preloaded inserter device, similar in manner to IUCD insertion.
Operculum (in pregnancy), the cervical mucus plug that blocks the cervix of the uterus after conception
Shiloh Jade Pepin (August 4, 1999 – October 23, 2009) was born in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States with her lower extremities fused, no bladder, no uterus, no rectum, only 6 inches of large colon, no vagina, and with only one quarter of a kidney and one ovary.
Dr. Carhart wanted to use a modified version of this called "D&X" (Dilation and Extraction), which, rather than commencing curettage inside the uterus, extracts part of the fetus first and then begins the process of dismemberment.