title: [Therapeutic methods and their effects on patients with cornual pregnancy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the therapeutic methods and their effects on patients with cornual pregnancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed on 83 patients, who were diagnosed as cornual pregnancy at Drum Tower Hospital from June 2010 to April 2015. The patients were divided into 5 groups: a laparoscope group, angle resection and uterine repair guided by laparoscope (n=16); a surgery group, operated with angle resection and uterine repair (n=49); an abortion group, guided by ultrasound or laparoscope (n=6); a drug group, treated by methotrexate and mifepristone (n=8) and a pregnancy bursal puncture group (n=4). We compared the general conditions, surgery circumstances and average days in hospital among the laparoscope group, the surgery group, and the abortion group. Moreover, we also investigated the outcomes of the drug group and pregnancy bursal puncture group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the surgery group, the intraoperative blood loss in the laparoscope group and abortion group was less (P<0.05). The length of procedure and average days in hospital between the surgery group and the laparoscope group were not statistically significant (P>0.05). The length of procedure in the abortion group was less than that in the laparoscope group or the surgery group (P<0.05). The cure rate was 100%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic methods based on patient's condition can improve the curative effect and prognosis in cornual pregnancy, which can keep the integrity of generative organs with less injury. The laparoscope might be a main therapeutic method for cornual pregnancy due to its safety, effectiveness, and minimal invasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Drum Tower Hospital, College of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China yinhui0402@163.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Drum Tower Hospital, College of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: Huaijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Drum Tower Hospital, College of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015735:Mifepristone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D065173:Pregnancy, Cornual / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D015735:Mifepristone; D008727:Methotrexate