Heterotopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.

Heterotopic Pregnancy after Assisted Reproductive Techniques

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is the simultaneous occurrence of intra- and extrauterine pregnancies. It is a rare event in spontaneous pregnancies with an incidence of less than 1:15000 however the frequency has increased to 1% in accordance with the widespread use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART). The pre-operative diagnosis of this condition is generally difficult and it would be life t...

Interstitial Pregnancy after In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Following Bilateral Salpingectomy:Report of Two Cases and Literature Review

Laparoscopic Management of Heterotopic Interstitial Pregnancy with Subsequent Term Delivery

A 35 year-old woman at 7-week gestational age was referred to our hospital. The patient was diagnosed with the heterotopic interstitial pregnancy by transvaginal ultrasonography after receiving in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer. Laparoscopic excision and curettage was successfully performed at 8.4-gestational age under general anesthesia and the patient was discharged 2 days afte...

A Live Birth after Laparoscopic Cornual Resection for Cornual Heterotopic Pregnancy after Ivf-et

A 28-year-old Korean woman with a history of both salpingectomies due to two prior tubal pregnancies at other institutions conceived a heterotopic cornual pregnancy after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer. The patient was referred to the emergency department with an abrupt onset of lower abdominal pain at the 7th gestational week. We performed an emergent laparoscopic right cornual resecti...

Successful management of a triplet heterotopic caesarean scar pregnancy after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.

OBJECTIVE To report a case of a triplet heterotopic caesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) with two gestational sacs implanted in the caesarean scar after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer. DESIGN Case report. SETTINGS Private reproductive medicine center and obstetric department of a university hospital. PATIENT(S) A 31-year-old woman with previous caesarean section affected by secondary in...