Superselective uterine arterial embolization combined with transcatheter intra-arterial methotrexate infusion in 40 cases with fallopian tube ectopic pregnancy

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-226

  Gong, W ^a   Li, X ^a   Ren, H ^a   Han, C ^b   Li, Y ^a   Wu, Z ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of General Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Fallopian tube ectopic pregnancy; Interventional radiology; Methotrexate; Superselective uterine artery infusion and embolization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84879581357     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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