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Disparities in the Management of Ectopic Pregnancy by Jennifer Y. Hsu; Ling Chen; Arielle R. Gumer; Ana I. Tergas; June Y. Hou; William M. Burke; Cande V. Ananth; Dawn L. Hershman; Jason D. Wright is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Ectopic pregnancy is common among young women. treatment can consist of either surgery with salpingectomy or salpingostomy or medical management with methotrexate. in addition to acute complications, treatment of ectopic pregnancy can result in long-term sequelae that include decreased fertility. little is known about the patterns of care and predictors of treatment in women with ectopic pregnancy. similarly, data on outcomes for various treatments are limited. ## Objective: We examined the patterns of care and outcomes for women with ectopic pregnancy. specifically, we examined predictors of medical (vs surgical) management of ectopic pregnancy and tubal conservation (salpingostomy vs salpingectomy) among women who underwent surgery. ## Study design: The perspective database was used to identify women with a diagnosis of tubal ectopic pregnancy treated from 2006-2015. perspective is an all-payer database that collects data on patients at hospitals from throughout the united states. women were classified as having undergone medical treatment, if they received methotrexate, and surgical treatment, if treatment consisted of salpingostomy or salpingectomy. multivariable
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- Author
- Jennifer Y. Hsu; Ling Chen; Arielle R. Gumer; Ana I. Tergas; June Y. Hou; William M. Burke; Cande V. Ananth; Dawn L. Hershman; Jason D. Wright
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)