Management of Cesarean Heterotopic Pregnancy With Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Potassium Chloride Injection and Gestational Sac Aspiration, and Review of the Literature

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 671-673

  Ugurlucan, Funda Gungor ^a   Bastu, Ercan ^a   Dogan, Murat ^a   Kalelioglu, Ibrahim ^a   Alanya, Sebnem ^a   Has, Recep ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cesarean scar pregnancy; Embryo aspiration; Embryo reduction; Heterotopic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HETEROTOPIC; SUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84865559812     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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