NONSURGICAL TREATMENT OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY IN THE SOLE REMAINING TUBE

We reported on three successive cases of intrauterine term pregnancy o btained in patients with an ectopic gestation in their solitary remain ing tube who were treated by three different non-surgical conservative methods: parenteral methotrexate, local injection of methotrexate com bined with systemic administration, and expectant management respectiv ely, The opposite tube had been removed because of previous tubal ecto pic pregnancy, The cases, which were at a high risk of repeated ectopi c implantation, are unequivocal proof of intact function of a tube aft er conservative non-surgical procedures for ectopic pregnancy, Thus, o ur report adds further evidence favouring the feasibility, the safety and fertility potential of these procedures for selected unruptured tu bal gestations.