Conservative Management for Retained Products of Conception in Late Pregnancy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Patients
2.2. Endpoint
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Nineteen Cases with MROP within 24 Hours of Delivery
3.2. Twenty-Two Cases with Conservative Management
3.3. Comparison between Group M and Group C
3.4. Serial Changes in Serum hCG
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Heavy Bleeding (n = 12) | Light Bleeding (n = 9) | p Value | |
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Gestational age at delivery (weeks), median (range) | 39.9 (35.1–41.4) | 38.1 (36.0–41.1) | 0.2881 |
Mode of delivery, n (%) | |||
vaginal delivery | 12 (100) | 6 (66.7) | 0.0632 |
cesarean section | 0 (0) | 3 (33.3) | |
RPOC length (mm) at diagnosis, median (range) | 47.5 (17.0–112.0) | 45.0 (20.0–131) | 0.6511 |
RPOC with flow on MRI or CT, n (%) | 9/12 (75.0) | 8/9 (88.9) | 1 |
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Fujishima, R.; Kawasaki, K.; Moriuchi, K.; Shiro, R.; Yo, Y.; Matsumura, N. Conservative Management for Retained Products of Conception in Late Pregnancy. Healthcare 2023, 11, 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020168
Fujishima R, Kawasaki K, Moriuchi K, Shiro R, Yo Y, Matsumura N. Conservative Management for Retained Products of Conception in Late Pregnancy. Healthcare. 2023; 11(2):168. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020168
Chicago/Turabian StyleFujishima, Risa, Kaoru Kawasaki, Kaori Moriuchi, Reona Shiro, Yoshie Yo, and Noriomi Matsumura. 2023. "Conservative Management for Retained Products of Conception in Late Pregnancy" Healthcare 11, no. 2: 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020168