Is serum human chorionic gonadotrophin follow-up necessary after suspected spillage of trophoblast at the time of laparoscopic surgery for ectopic pregnancy?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Bora, Shabana A ^a   Kirk, Emma ^b   Daemen, Anneleen ^c,d   Timmerman, Dirk ^c,d   Bourne, Tom ^b,c,d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Laparoscopic surgery; Salpingectomy; Salpingostomy; Serum human chorionic gonadotrophin; Trophoblast, spillage

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGECTOMY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOSTOMY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 79959306148     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318221     Document Type: Article

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