Cesarean scar pregnancy: A systematic review of treatment studies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 958-967

  Birch Petersen, Kathrine ^a   Hoffmann, Elise ^b   Rifbjerg Larsen, Christian ^c   Nielsen, Henriette Svarre ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cesarean scar pregnancy; early pregnancy complications; ectopic pregnancy; hysteroscopy methotrexate

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; CASE STUDY; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CURETTAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBASE; FERTILITY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSVAGINAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROCEDURES;

CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84955600711     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.12.130     Document Type: Article

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