Dilation and evacuation or dilatation and evacuation is the dilation of the cervix and surgical evacuation of the uterus after the first trimester of pregnancy. It is the most common method and procedure for abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy. The procedure can also be used to remove a miscarried fetus from the womb.
In various health care centers it may be called by different names:
D&E
ERPOC
TOP or STOP
D&E normally refers to a specific second trimester procedure. From Wikipedia
