Fertility preserving surgical management of methotrexate-resistant cesarean scar pregnancy

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-213

  Ficicioglu, Cem ^a   Attar, Rukset ^a   Yildirim, Gazi ^a   Cetinkaya, Nilufer ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; CURETTAGE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 77955575635     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(10)60045-9     Document Type: Letter

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