Hellemans P, Gerris J, Joostens M, van der Meer S, Verdonk P, Francx M
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Fertility, Middleheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1994 Jan;53(1):59-64. doi: 10.1016/0028-2243(94)90139-2.
Twenty-five women with ectopic pregnancy were surgically treated, fifteen by conservative salpingotomy and ten by radical salpingectomy. All patients showed a clinically normal postoperative course. Serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels were determined serially before and after the surgical procedure until non-pregnant values (< 5 mI.U./ml) were reached. Serum hCG decline was compared between patients treated by salpingotomy versus salpingectomy, using calculated hCG half-life times. We observed a significantly slower decline of serum hCG levels during the early phase of hCG disappearance in patients treated by salpingotomy versus patients treated by salpingectomy.
