[Treatment of tubal pregnancy by local and systemic administration of prostaglandin. Initial experiences].

The present study reports on the treatment of 6 tubal pregnancies established by laparoscopy intratubal PGF2 alpha injection accompanied PGE2 applied systemically. The method was successful in all cases avoiding the usual surgical procedure. Concerning the side effects one patient exhibited higher postoperative temperature, whilst another showed hypertony and tachycardia immediately after PGF2 alpha injection which lasted a few minutes. Further studies should clarify whether this technically simple procedure is superior to the existing methods.