Successful management of a cervical twin pregnancy: neoadjuvant systemic methotrexate and prophylactic high cervical cerclage before curettage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 935.e17-935.e19

  Trojano, Giuseppe ^a   Colafiglio, Giuseppe ^a   Saliani, Nicola ^a   Lanzillotti, Giuseppe ^b   Cicinelli, Ettore ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

cervical arteries ligature; cervical cerclage; Cervical pregnancy; cervical twin pregnancy; conservative treatment; methotrexate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TAPE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 61349097219     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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