Surgical treatment of Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy: Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided suction curettage

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 511-517

  Jurkovic, D ^a   Knez, J ^a   Appiah, A ^b   Farahani, L ^b   Mavrelos, D ^a   Ross, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean scar pregnancy; reproductive outcomes; suction curettage; surgical management; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 84963643107     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.15857     Document Type: Article

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