An alternative to surgery in treating ectopic pregnancy.
In an ectopic pregnancy the fertilised egg becomes implanted outside the uterus. It affects around one in every hundred pregnancies. Traditionally the condition has been managed surgically. However, in recent years many women have been treated with methotrexate therapy.
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Pregnancy Support Centre, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D015984:Causality; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008727:Methotrexate; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing
D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D008727:Methotrexate