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Ectopic Pregnancy - Modern Diagnosis and Management

Edited by: Michael Kamrava

ISBN 978-953-307-648-5, Hard cover, 248 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: October 2011
Subject: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ectopic pregnancy is the second major cause of maternal mortality in the United States and a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the world. This book contains the practical methods to early diagnosis of various forms of ectopic pregnancies and their modern management. Ectopic Pregnancy - Modern Diagnosis and Management is a comprehensive book which guides the reader through all features of ectopic pregnancy, both practical and academic, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy in a clear, concise, and practical fashion. The book is organized so that it can either be read cover to cover for a comprehensive tutorial or be kept desk side as a reference to the ectopic pregnancies. Each chapter introduces a number of related ectopic pregnancy and its diagnosis, treatment and co-morbidities supported by examples. Included chapters bring together valuable materials in the form of extended clinical knowledge from practice to clinic features.



Table of Contents

  1. Differential Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy - Morbidity and Mortality
    Panagiotis Tsikouras, Marina Dimitraki, Alexandros Ammari, Sofia Bouchlariotou, Stefanos Zervoudis, Panagiotis Oikonomidis, Constantinos Zakas, Theodoros Mylonas, Anastasios Liberis, Vasileios Liberis and Georgios Maroulis
    264 views, 115 downloads
  2. Ectopic Pregnancy and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review
    Anastasia Velalopoulou, Dimitrios Peschos, Mynbaev Ospan, Eliseeva Marina, Ioannis Verginadis, Yannis Simos, Tsirkas Panagiotis, Spyridon Karkabounas, Vicky Kalfakakou, Angelos Evangelou and Ioannis P. Kosmas
    223 views, 84 downloads
  3. Hysteroscopic Endometrial Embryo Delivery (HEED)
    M.M. Kamrava, L. Tran and J.L. Hall
    213 views, 51 downloads
  4. Ectopic Pregnancy Following Reconstructive, Organ-Preserving Microsurgery in Tubal Infertility
    Cordula Schippert, Philipp Soergel and Guillermo-José Garcia-Rocha
    151 views, 49 downloads
  5. Management and Outcome of Ectopic Pregnancy in Developing Countries
    Buowari Yvonne Dabota
    221 views, 136 downloads
  6. Inhibins and Activins as Possible Marker of Ectopic Pregnancy
    Blazej Meczekalski and Agnieszka Podfigurna-Stopa
    199 views, 53 downloads
  7. Term Extra-Uterine Pregnancy
    Ismail A. Al-Badawi, Osama Al Omar and Togas Tulandi
    158 views, 60 downloads
  8. Clinical Treatment of Unruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
    Julio Elito Junior
    224 views, 192 downloads
  9. MTX Could Be First-Line Therapy Even in Cases Where hCG Level is Greater than 5,000 IU/ml
    Yoshiki Yamashita, Sousuke Katoh, Yoko Yoshida, Satoe Fujiwara, Sachiko Kawabe, Mika Hayashi, Atsushi Hayashi, Yoshito Terai and Masahide Ohmichi
    175 views, 60 downloads
  10. The Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy with Laparoscopy-Assisted Local Injection of Chemotherapeutic Agents
    Ching-Hui Chen, Peng-Hui Wang, Li-Hsuan Chiu and Wei-Min Liu
    177 views, 61 downloads
  11. Fertility-Preserving Surgery for Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy, from Past to Present
    Seiryu Kamoi, Nao Iwasaki and Toshiyuki Takeshita
    201 views, 103 downloads
  12. Modern Management of Cornual Ectopic Pregnancy
    Maged Shendy and Rami Atalla
    223 views, 127 downloads