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Table 4 Primary and secondary treatment of interstitial pregnancy with elective UAE

From: Elective uterine artery embolization prior to laparoscopic resection of interstitial pregnancy: two cases and literature review

Author

N

Initial

β-hCG

Initial treatment

β-hCG

pre- UAE

Treatment

Hospital stay

Negative β-hCG

Complications

Success

Valsky et al. [30]

1

11,695

–

–

MTX + UAE

N/A

5

–

1/1

Takeda et al. [31]

1

95,365

–

–

UAE + CR

8

6

–

1/1

Krissi et al. [32]

9

1667–46,923

–

–

UAE + S/LMTX

13

8

–

9/9

Takeda et al. [33]

1

44,917

–

–

UAE + TE + SMTX

N/A

13

–

1/1

Ophir et al. [34]

1

33,689

SMTX

51,098

UAE

7

8

–

1/1

Deruelle et al. [35]

1

17,785

SMTX

20,458

UAE

6

10

–

1/1

Yang et al. [17]

1

29,454

SMTX

35,654

UAE

6

4

–

1/1

Tamarit et al. [36]

2

4394–8970

SMTX

8689–10,164

UAE + LMTX

1

10

–

2/2

Berretta et al. [37]

1

49,997

SMTX

59,494

UAE

11

10

–

1/1

Hiersch et al. [25]

5

15,383

SMTX

N/A

UAE + LMTX

N/A

N/A

Transfusion 1/5

Rupture 2/5

3/5

  1. N number of cases, β-hCG mIU/ml, S/LMTX systemic/local methotrexate, UAE uterine artery embolization, CR cornual resection (laparoscopic), TE transcervical evacuation (under laparoscopic guidance), hospital stay days, negative β-hCG weeks