The role of laparoscopy in the management of ectopic pregnancy

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 73-82

  Sowter, Martin Christopher ^a   Frappell, Jonathan ^b  

^a Ascot Integrated Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Laparoscopy; Management

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CREATININE; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOPENIA; MORBIDITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOSTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 15944363075     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-7697(02)00007-2     Document Type: Review

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