Current evidence about treatments for ectopic pregnancy: Need for a rethink on RCTs

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-262

  Bignardi, Tommaso ^a,b   Condous, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Omni Gynaecological Care Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOSTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60149095267     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmn059     Document Type: Letter

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