Management of ectopic pregnancies with poor prognosis through ultrasound guided intrasacular injection of methotrexate, series of 14 cases

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 529-533

  Andrés, María P ^a,b   Campillos, José M ^a,b   Lapresta, María ^a,b   Lahoz, Isabel ^a,b   Crespo, Raquel ^a,b   Tobajas, Javier ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Interventional ultrasound; Methotrexate; Salpingectomy; Tubal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNUAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; INTRASACULAR INJECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; PUNCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY WITH HEART BEAT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84864448154     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2044-1     Document Type: Article

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