title: A conservative and fertility preserving treatment for interstitial ectopic pregnancy.
abstract: This is a case series of women presenting to a tertiary care centre with a diagnosis of interstitial pregnancy. Dilatation and evacuation was performed under ultrasound control with systemic methotrexate post-operatively. All women had successful termination of their interstitial pregnancy. Although described in the international literature, this is the first time that this technique has been documented in Australia, and it may ultimately prove to be a relatively safe and simple fertility preserving method of treating women with unruptured interstitial pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, North South Wales, Australia. sarahdeanwright@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sarah D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Romy C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Busbridge
authors.forename: Gregory B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Gard
mesh_terms: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004106:Dilatation; D005113:Extraction, Obstetrical; D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D008727:Methotrexate