Multiple dose methotrexate chemotherapy in suspected medical treament failure of ectopic pregnancy.

Min, Hyun Ju; Han, Sung Shik; Choi, Jun Won; Son, Sung Bin; Choi, Young Suk; Lee, Chul Min; Kim, Bok Lin; Choi, Hoon; Cho, Yong Kyoon; Park, Kyo Hoon; Lee, Hong Kyoon

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Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2001;44(11):2073-2077.
Published online November 1, 2001.

Multiple dose methotrexate chemotherapy in suspected medical treament failure of ectopic pregnancy.

Hyun Ju Min, Sung Shik Han, Jun Won Choi, Sung Bin Son, Young Suk Choi, Chul Min Lee, Bok Lin Kim, Hoon Choi, Yong Kyoon Cho, Kyo Hoon Park, Hong Kyoon Lee

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of multiple dose methotrexate (MTX) chemotherapy approved as a primary treatment of ectopic pregnancy in suspected medical treatment failure of ectopic pregnancy. METHODS: This study included 77 hemodynamically stable high risk ectopic pregnants diagnosed from January 1995 to June 2000 at department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sanggye Paik hospital, Inje university. High risk criteria of our study were adnexal ectopic mass 3.5 cm or serum-hCG 4,000 mIU/ml or presence of fetal heart beat(FHB) or presence of peritoneal fluid and fresh blood on culdocentesis. Statistics were analyzed with 2-test, Student t-test and odds ratio of each risk factors. RESULTS: The response rate of multiple dose MTX chemotherapy was 85.7%(66/70). There was no statistically difference of risk factors between success and failure group except fetal heart beat. Among 11 failure patients, there were 3 patients with adnexal ectopic mass 3.5 cm (odds ratio=1.4, 0.3~5.7), 3 patients with presence of FHB, 7 patients with presence of peritoneal fluid(odds ratio=1.0, 0.3~3.8), 8 patients with serum-hCG 4,000 mIU/ml (odds ratio=2.8, 0.7~11.6). CONCLUSION: There results suggest that multiple dose MTX chemotherapy can be treated regardless of ectopic mass size, presence of pretoneal fluid, serum beta-hCG level. But we must pay attention to treat ectopic pregnancy with presence of fetal heart beat.

Key Words: Multiple dose MTX chemotherapy, Ectopic pregnancy

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