title: Non-surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy in the sole remaining tube.
abstract: We reported on three successive cases of intrauterine term pregnancy obtained in patients with an ectopic gestation in their solitary remaining tube who were treated by three different non-surgical conservative methods: parenteral methotrexate, local injection of methotrexate combined with systemic administration, and expectant management respectively. The opposite tube had been removed because of previous tubal ectopic pregnancy. The cases, which were at a high risk of repeated ectopic implantation, are unequivocal proof of intact function of a tube after conservative non-surgical procedures for ectopic pregnancy. Thus, our report adds further evidence favouring the feasibility, the safety and fertility potential of these procedures for selected unruptured tubal gestations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar (Murcia), Spain.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Parrilla
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Server
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinez-Román
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balasch
mesh_terms: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D005321:Extraembryonic Membranes; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005327:Fetal Resorption; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D008727:Methotrexate