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The injection of different substances into early, unruptured tubal pregnancies is increasingly advocated. In this study, fertility was evaluated after treatment of tubal pregnancy by means of prostaglandins. The overall tubal patency rate was 86.4% and 14 of 20 patients (70%) could subsequently achieve pregnancy.
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Egarter, C., Kiss, H., Vavra, N. et al. Reproductive performance after local and systemic prostaglandin for ectopic pregnancy. Arch Gynecol Obstet 252, 45–48 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389606
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