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[Is the treatment of ectopic pregnancy still exclusively surgical?].

Abstract
At the end of the 19th century, ectopic pregnancy became a surgical procedure. A century later, one third of ectopic pregnancies are treated medically. In the meantime, early detection of ectopic pregnancy became possible due to sensitive serum hCG and progesterone combined assays with transvaginal sonography and a knowledge of risk factors. Consequently, a nonsurgical approach appears to be an attractive alternative to surgery. Expectant management is recommended with a plateau or decreasing hCG and an initial level < or = 1.000 mIU/ml in asymptomatic women. Medical treatment by local or parenteral methotrexate is recommended in patients with clear evidence of an unruptured pregnancy in based on initial hCG and progesterone level, size of hemoperitoneum, ultrasound diameter of hematosalpinx and absence of clinical pain. Laparoscopy remains the gold standard but in prospective randomized trials between medical treatment and laparoscopy, in selected patients, the non-surgical approach appears to be equivalent with a similar reproductive performance.
AuthorsH Fernandez, S Pauthier, S Capella-Allouc
JournalAnnales de chirurgie (Ann Chir) Vol. 51 Issue 4 Pg. 343-51 ( 1997) ISSN: 0003-3944 [Print] France
Vernacular TitleLe traitement de la grossesse extra-utérine est-il encore exclusivement chirurgical?
PMID9297859 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Folic Acid Antagonists
  • Prostaglandins
  • Methotrexate
Topics
  • Contraindications
  • Female
  • Folic Acid Antagonists (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Methotrexate (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic (drug therapy, surgery, therapy)
  • Prostaglandins (therapeutic use)

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