TUBAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY AND THE DETERMINANTS OF ITS DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS

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Rukhsana Karim
Bushra Rauf

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Objective: To find out the determinants affecting the different management options of tubal ectopic pregnancy.


Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out in the Unit A of the department of obstetrics and gynecol­ogy, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar from December 2014 to March 2018. All the patients admitted with clinical/ultrasound diagnosis of tubal ectopic pregnancy were included in the study through convenient sampling technique after informed consent. Patients having other early pregnancy problems which would mimic tubal ec­topic pregnancy and those having any medical contraindications to Methotrexate were excluded. A pre-designed performa was used to collect the data, which was analyzed using SPSS v.22.0.


Results: The mean age of the sample (n=78) was 27.0±7.8 years. Maximum patients were multigravida (n=41, 52.6%), followed by primigravida (n=25, 32.0%). In treatment modalities, maximum of the cases (n=43, 55.1%) were managed medically via methotrexate with success rate of 93.0%, while 18 (23.1%) cases were managed conservatively with success rate of 83.3%, and 17 (21.8%) of the cases were managed surgically with 100% suc­cess rate. The maximum size of adnexal mass was found to be as 8.6×7, 10×7, and 8×6 in three management options, i.e., conservative, medical and surgical respectively, while in the same categories, maximum Beta-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (B-hCG) level was found to be as 978, 43220, and 29844 mIU/ml respectively.


Conclusion: Hemodynamic instability and rising B-hCG were the core determinants in the management of tubal ectopic pregnancy. The size of the adnexal mass and the initial B-hCG did not affect the management.

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Karim R, Rauf B. TUBAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY AND THE DETERMINANTS OF ITS DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2021 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 11];35(1):26-9. Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2702
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