title: [Conservative treatment of 12-week cervical pregnancy].
abstract: A cervical pregnancy is very rare form of ectopic pregnancy. Usually it is associated with unexpected occurrence hemorrhage from the cervix. For this reason the treatment for a cervical pregnancy very often requires an abdominal hysterectomy. To avoid hysterectomy several conservative methods of termination have been used. In this paper has been reported the case of 29 years old woman with a 12-week cervical pregnancy. She had been treated (methotrexate and potassium chloride application, ligation of the uterine arteries, local haemostatic sutures) before evacuation products of conception from the cervix. Post-operative period was uneventful. After a 9 day of postoperative stay the woman was discharged. These behaviour allowed for save of uterus and preserve future fertility.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Ginekologii Operacyjnej i Endoskopowej Instytutu Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malinowski
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maciołek-Blewniewska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szaflik
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cieślak
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pawłowski
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply