The influence of an early diagnosis on the results of surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy.
The postoperative fertility of 292 cases of ectopic pregnancy treated 1972-1979 was studied. Of these 156 were operated upon during 1972-1976, when only determinations of HCG in urine were available and 136 during 1977-1979, when RIA-determinations of HCG in serum made an earlier pregnancy diagnosis possible. In spite of the fact that the time of observation was shorter in the second group the pregnancy rate was 41% compared to 31% in the first one (P less than 0.05). The rate of childbirth among the pregnancies in the second group was 72% compared to only 55% in the first one (P less than 0.05).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin