Human chorionic gonadotropin level as a predictor of trophoblastic infiltration into the tubal wall in ectopic pregnancy: a blinded study.

Objective: To determine the relationship between gestational age, tubal ultrasonographic diameter, and serum hCG levels and different stages of trophoblastic infiltration of the tubal wall in ectopic pregnancy.

Design: Blinded prospective study.

Setting: University-based clinic in Italy.

Human chorionic gonadotropin patterns after a single dose of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy.

Objective: The great variability in human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) levels after a single dose of methotrexate (MTX) for ectopic pregnancy makes it difficult to predict treatment failure. We describe different patterns of HCG levels.

Study Design: Fifty patients were injected i.

Danazol versus a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist as preoperative preparation for hysteroscopic metroplasty.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of danazol and a GnRH agonist as preoperative preparation for hysteroscopic metroplasty in women with septate uterus.

Design: Prospective randomized clinical study.

Setting: Tertiary care center.

Experimental model for neoangiogenesis in adhesion formation.

This study presents an animal model for the observation of adhesion formation, from a vascular viewpoint. In 60 Wistar rats, a 4 cm midline incision was made and a 0.5 cm square piece of silastic 0.

Determinants of reproductive prognosis after ectopic pregnancy.

The reproductive prognosis of 115 women desiring pregnancy who underwent surgery for ectopic pregnancy between 1985 and 1990 at the Clinica Luigi Mangiagalli, was analysed after a median follow-up period of 26 months (range 2-83). Probability of reproductive events was assessed by a product-limit model. Women who underwent surgery for ectopic pregnancy had a 54% probability of becoming pregnant (cumulative pregnancy rate, CPR), and a 36% probability of giving birth to a child (cumulative livebirth rate, CLB) during the 3 years after surgery.