Surgical treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy through posterior colpotomy: experience from a Brazilian university hospital

Tubal patency following surgical and clinical treatment of ectopic pregnancy.

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE As there is little information about fertility outcomes among women following clinical treatment (methotrexate and expectant management) and surgery (salpingectomy) consequent to ectopic pregnancy, we evaluate the results from hysterosalpingography subsequent to treatment. The objective was to evaluate contralateral tubal patency using hysterosalpingography following surge...

Molar Pregnancy Presents as Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY Tubal Pregnancy, Eccyesis

An ectopic pregnancy (Greek ektopos, or out of place), or eccysis, is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo implants outside the uterine cavity. In a normal pregnancy, the fertilized egg enters the uterus and settles into the uterine lining where it has plenty of room to divide and grow. About 1% of pregnancies are in an ectopic location with implantation not occurring inside of the w...

Tubal ectopic pregnancy.

Forty patients with tubal ectopic pregnancies seen over an 18 month period are studied. Epidemiological parameters in the three major groups are compared. The diagnostic problems, signs and symptoms are discussed. Aetiological factors in this area are compared with changing trends in other centres. Pelvic inflammatory disease remains an important cause. The role of conservative approach in surg...

Non-Surgical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy: Three Years Experience

A retrospective chart review was performed of all patients with intact ectopic pregnancies that were treated initially with methotrexate from January 1999 to December 2001. Fifty patients satisfied the inclusion criteria. The presence of an ectopic gestational sac and/or an adnexal mass consistent with an ectopic pregnancy was demonstrated by vaginal ultrasonography in 30 (60%) of 50 women. Met...