PMID: 2483363Jan 1, 1989Paper

Treatment of ectopic pregnancy with prostaglandin E2.

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
M Ribic-PuceljI Vrhovec

Abstract

In 10 patients the treatment of ectopic pregnancy consisted of the use of 0.75 to 2.25 mg of prostaglandin E2 (Prostin E2, 1 mg/ml, Upjohn). In 8 patients PGE2 was injected in the tubal wall under laparoscopic control, in 2 under the control of vaginal ultrasound probe. The effect of the treatment was controlled by serial determinations of serum beta HCG. In 8 patients with PGE2 injected laparoscopically, negativization of beta HCG took place in 14 +/- 8 days which meant successful treatment of ectopic pregnancy. For persistently elevated beta HCG concentrations in both patients with PGE2 applied under the ultrasound control, laparotomy had to be performed.

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