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.
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.
Authors: Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo; Mariana da Cunha Vieira; Antonio Simone Laganà; Benito Chiofalo; Salvatore Giovanni Vitale; Mariamaddalena Scala; Marianna De Falco; Carmine Nappi; Ursula Catena; Giuseppe Bifulco Journal: Eurasian J Med Date: 2017-02