Case report. Conservative treatment by angiographic uterine artery embolization of a 12 week cervical ectopic pregnancy
A 32 year old woman, gravid 1, nulliparous, was admitted to our department at 11 weeks and 2 days of gestation after being diagnosed with cervical pregnancy. She was unsuccessfully treated with methotrexate for 5 days. On the fifth day after admission she underwent bilateral uterine artery angiograp...
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Published in | Human reproduction (Oxford) Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 1118 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
01.04.1999
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Summary: | A 32 year old woman, gravid 1, nulliparous, was admitted to our department at 11 weeks and 2 days of gestation after being diagnosed with cervical pregnancy. She was unsuccessfully treated with methotrexate for 5 days. On the fifth day after admission she underwent bilateral uterine artery angiographic embolization followed by vacuum evacuation and curettage of the cervical canal. A Foley catheter was also inserted in the cervical canal and left in place for 4 days. The patient was discharged in good condition on the seventh postoperative day Keywords: cervical pregnancy/uterine artery embolization |
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ISSN: | 0268-1161 1460-2350 |