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...

OBJECTIVES To study the surgical morbidity associated with laparoscopic management of tubal ectopic pregnancy compared with that of open laparotomy. METHODS A retrospective study in an academic tertiary obstetrics and gynecology referral center was conducted from 2005 through 2007. Forty-nine patients who had pathology-confirmed tubal ectopic pregnancies were divided into 2 groups, laparoscop...

leni in the present article. Full-term ectopic gestation Only about 1 per cent of extra-uterine gestations reach full term j have recently observed and operated on the following two cases : Case 1.?Hindu woman, aged 28, admitted 0n 13th April, 1931, with a history of being at full term and having been in labour for three days. On examination, a foetus could be felt in the abdomen, but a tumour ...

blood clot. The left tube was found ruptured, and was, with the ovary of that side removed ; the rupture was recent. The tube was found contracted about the middle and at the outer end; there was a small ruptured sac protruding from the tube, with well-marked amniotic cavity, but 110 trace of an embryo could be traced. On the afternoon of the 8th the temperature rose to 1018, but fell gradually...