Is uterine artery embolization for cervical ectopic pregnancy always safe?

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-763

  Martinelli, Pasquale ^a   Maruotti, Giuseppe M ^a   Oppedisano, Rosamaria ^a   Agangi, Annalisa ^a   Mazzarelli, Laura L ^a   Votino, Carmela ^a   Quarantelli, Mario ^a   Iaccarino, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical pregnancy; Counseling; Ectopic pregnancy; Embolization; Myoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MYOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; SAFETY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CERVIX UTERI; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; UTERUS;

EID: 35549011833     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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