Ectopic pregnancy after tubal sterilization.

Tubal sterilization is an increasingly common method of contraception. Although pregnancy after sterilization is uncommon, it can occur and may be ectopic. It is widely believed that any pregnancies after tubal sterilization will generally occur during the first year or two year after the procedure. Surprisingly, failures are not limited to the first year or two, but continued to appear at each year during follow-up. Younger women have higher risk for failure because of their greater fecundability. In this paper, we report a case of ectopic pregnancy in a patient who had undergone bilateral tubal sterilization 8 years ago for contraception.