[Conservative treatment of 12-week cervical pregnancy]

Ginekol Pol. 2004 Apr;75(4):295-300.
[Article in Polish]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Adult
  • Cervix Uteri*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ligation
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / complications
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / surgery*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / surgery*
  • Uterus / blood supply