Caesarean scar pregnancy: Treatment with bilateral uterine artery chemoembolization combined with dilation and curettage

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1919-1930

  Zhang, X B ^a   Zhong, Y C ^a   Chi, J C ^a   Shen, J L ^a   Qiu, X X ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a   Zhao, A M ^a   Di, W ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Caesarean scar pregnancy; Dilation and curettage; Methotrexate; Uterine artery chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GELFOAM; INDOMETACIN; METHOTREXATE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL UTERINE ARTERY CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CAESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL SAC; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MANAGED CARE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACENTA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; SCAR FORMATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; UTERUS BLEEDING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880631912     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: 14732300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030006051204000533     Document Type: Article

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