Successful term pregnancy after treatment of a cesarean scar ectopic gestation by endoscopic technique and conservative therapy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2010.e13-2010.e15

  Korkontzelos, Ioannis ^a   Tsirkas, Panagiotis ^a   Antoniou, Nikolaos ^a   Souliotis, Dimitrios ^a   Kosmas, Ioannis ^a  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ectopic cesarean scar pregnancy; endoscopy; fertility; methotrexate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 55149104385     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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