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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
Objective:
Our purpose was to report an expanded clinical trial with a nonlaparoscopic approach to ectopic pregnancy diagnosis combined with single-dose intramuscular methotrexate treatment.
Study Design:
A prospective cohort of 120 women with an ectopic pregnancy < or = 3.5 cm in greatest dimension was enrolled.
Results:
Patients had a mean age of 26.1 +/- 6.2 years, a mean gravidity of 3.2 +/- 1.6, and a mean parity of 0.97 +/- 1.0. The mean human chorionic gonadotropin titer before treatment initiation was 3950 +/- 1193 mIU/ml. Transvaginal ultrasonography visualized cardiac activity in 14 (11.7%) patients, with an ectopic mass visualized in 113 (94.2%). The mean time to resolution in the 113 (94.2%) subjects successfully treated was 35.5 +/- 11.8 days. Four (3.3%) patients required a second methotrexate dose on day 7. No biochemical or clinical side effects occurred. Posttreatment hysterosalpingograms demonstrated tubal patency on the ipsilateral side in 51 of 62 (82.3%) patients. Of those attempting pregnancy, 79.6% were pregnant, 87.2% intrauterine and 12.8% ectopic. The mean time to achieve pregnancy was 3.2 +/- 1.1 months.
Conclusions:
This regimen requires minimal laboratory follow-up and eliminates leukovorin recovery, making it the regimen of choice for medical treatment of unruptured ectopic pregnancy.
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