Transvaginal ultrasound-guided local methotrexate administration as the first-line treatment for cesarean scar pregnancy: Follow-up of 18 cases

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 803-808

  Cok, Tayfun ^a   Kalayci, Hakan ^a   Ozdemir, Halis ^a   Haydardedeoglu, Bulent ^a   Parlakgumus, Ayse H ^a   Tarim, Ebru ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cesarean scar pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; local; methotrexate; ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SCAR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84928591193     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12627     Document Type: Article

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