Table 4 Comparison of treatment and hospitalization durations between methotrexate-only and methotrexate with surgery groups.

From: The relationship between hemogram based inflammatory indices and prognosis in ectopic pregnancy cases treated with methotrexate

 

Metotrexate

(n = 71)

Mtx and surgery

(n = 14)

p value

Mean ± S.D.

Mean ± S.D.

Days after admission until MTX

0.8 ± 1.4

0.8 ± 1.6

0.844 b

Total methotrexate dose

103.4 ± 39.5

110.8 ± 46.5

0.556 b

Total length of hospital stay (days)

5.8 ± 3.9

7.9 ± 5.8

0.049 a

Total red blood cell transfusion

-

2.2 ± 1.1

-

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. Mtx: Methotrexate.
  3. aIndependent Samples t-test, bMann-Whitney U test. Statistically significant p-values are highlighted in bold.
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