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    Evolução dos níveis de beta-hCG após tratamento sistêmico da gravidez ectópica íntegra
    (Associação Médica Brasileira, 1998-03-01) Elito Junior, Julio [UNIFESP]; Nakamura, Mary Uchiyama [UNIFESP]; Camano, L. [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    OBJECTIVE: The follow-up of this treatment is done by monitorization of beta-hCG titers. The objective of this study is to evaluate the beta-hCG titers after treatment with MTX. METHODS:. Twenty four women were included in the study. The inclusion criteria were: ectopic pregnancy < 4.5cm, beta-hCG < 15.000mIU/mL, desire of future pregnancy and a written permission to participate in the study. All patients were treated with a single dose of methotrexate (50mg/m² IM). Patients were monitored with beta-hCG titers on days 1, 4 and 7 after the MTX injection, and then weekly until the beta-hCG was less than 25mIU/mL. RESULTS: The variation of the titers of beta-hCG between day 1 and day 4 after MTX was the following: increase 50,0%, decrease 33.3% and in levels less than 25mUI/mL in 16.7% of the cases. The variation of the titers of beta-hCG between day 4 and day 7 after MTX was the following: decline > 15% in 85.7% of the cases, and decline < 15% in 14.3%. There was the necessity of a second dose of MTX in only two cases (8.4%), since the levels of beta-hCG declined less than 15%, in this period. CONCLUSION: The titers of beta-hCG increase in 50.0% of the cases, so it is a frequent event. The understanding of this evolution of beta-hCG titers avoids surgery in the first week of the treatment.
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    Tubal patency following surgical and clinical treatment of ectopic pregnancy
    (Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2006-01-01) Elito Junior, Julio [UNIFESP]; Han, Kyung Koo [UNIFESP]; Camano, Luiz [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: As there is little information about fertility outcomes among women following clinical treatment (methotrexate and expectant management) and surgery (salpingectomy) consequent to ectopic pregnancy, we evaluate the results from hysterosalpingography subsequent to treatment. The objective was to evaluate contralateral tubal patency using hysterosalpingography following surgery and clinical treatment of tubal pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a prospective study at the Department of Obstetrics of Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), a tertiary center. METHOD: Among 115 patients who underwent hysterosalpingography following surgery and clinical treatment of tubal pregnancy between April 1994 and February 2002, 30 were treated with a single intramuscular dose of methotrexate (50 mg/m²), 50 were followed up expectantly and 35 underwent salpingectomy. RESULTS: The patency of the ipsilateral tube was 84% after methotrexate treatment and 78% after expectant management. In addition, contralateral tubal patency was 97% after methotrexate treatment, 92% after expectant management and 83% after salpingectomy. There were no statistically significant differences between the clinical treatment and surgery groups. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this study suggest similar contralateral tubal patency rates following salpingectomy, methotrexate treatment and expectant management.