Cervical pregnancy management: An updated stepwise approach and algorithm

Autor: Ibrahim A. Albahlol
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 47:469-475
ISSN: 1447-0756
1341-8076
Popis: The aim of this short review was to present and categorizes most of updated successful interventions for cervical pregnancy (CP) management in a simple designed easily recognized diagram together with a proposed algorithm of these interventions beside author clinical experience. A comprehensive literature search was carried out in the following electronic databases, PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Google Scholar, Directory of Open Access Journals and Cochrane electronic databases. Keywords including cervical ectopic pregnancy, medical treatment, conservative management, successful interventions, uterine artery embolization and hysteroscopy were used to search these various databases. There are different successful CP management interventions reported in the literature varied from simple to complex regimens according to the patient situation, obstetrician experience and availability of health services. These approaches were categorized in a stepwise diagram and a proposed algorithm. Up till now, there is no consensus regarding the optimal CP management. To the best of knowledge, this review was unprecedented in organizing and categorizing the different successful CP management interventions. The proposed currently undertaken stepwise approach diagram and algorithm highlights the rapidly changing management of CP and open the door for further meta-analysis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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