Caesarean section scar pregnancy: A case series at a single tertiary centre

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 638-642

  Pang, Yi Ping Cindy ^a   Tan, Wei Ching ^a   Yong, Tze Tein ^a   Koh, Poh Kim Elisa ^a   Tan, Hak Koon ^a   Ho, Tew Hong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Ectopic; Methotrexate; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN AGONIST; METHOTREXATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VEIN ANEURYSM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870047832     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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