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Successful conservative management of cervical ectopic pregnancy: a case series

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Abstract

Objective

To report our experience of conservative treatment in four patients with cervical ectopic pregnancy.

Design

Case series.

Setting

Academic medical center.

Patients

Four women diagnosed with cervical ectopic pregnancy managed conservatively.

Intervention(s)

Systemic methotrexate alone or combined with subsequent uterine artery embolization (UAE).

Main outcome measures

Conservative management with decreased rate of serious complications.

Results

No hysterectomies were needed. One patient required subsequent intervention, UAE.

Conclusion

Conservative treatment of cervical pregnancy might be successful with careful follow up and subsequent conservative interventions.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Joelle E. Taylor, Tamer M. Yalcinkaya & Munire Erman Akar

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

    Munire Erman Akar

  3. Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, 131 Miller Street, Comp Rehab 2nd Floor, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, USA

    Munire Erman Akar

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Taylor, J.E., Yalcinkaya, T.M. & Akar, M.E. Successful conservative management of cervical ectopic pregnancy: a case series. Arch Gynecol Obstet 283, 1215–1217 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1529-7

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