Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Retrospective cohort of 183 patients, who were observed for 16 to 108 months (median, 64 months). SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): One hundred eighty-three women who underwent laparoscopic instillation of hyperosmolar glucose for unruptured tubal pregnancies. INTERVENTION(S): Completion of questionnaires. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Pregnancy rate, tubal recurrence rate. RESULT(S): A total of 124 women returned the questionnaire and had a desire for spontaneous conception. The conception rate and the intrauterine pregnancy rate were 79% and 73%, respectively. Seventy percent of all women with desire for spontaneous conception had live births. The rate of subsequent ectopic pregnancies was 12%. Tubal patency of the treated tube was demonstrated in 69% of 39 women at hysterosalpingography. CONCLUSION(S):
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Authors | A Giuliani, W Hoenigl, W Schoell, K Tamussino, G Arikan, P F Lang |
Journal | Fertility and sterility
(Fertil Steril)
Vol. 76
Issue 2
Pg. 366-9
(Aug 2001)
ISSN: 0015-0282 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11476787
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Glucose Solution, Hypertonic
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Glucose Solution, Hypertonic
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Laparoscopy
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Rate
- Pregnancy, Tubal
(therapy)
- Prognosis
- Retrospective Studies
- Surveys and Questionnaires
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