title: The contribution of previous induced abortion to tubal ectopic pregnancy.
abstract: Data from a one year prospective study of thirty-one tubal ectopic pregnancies and ninety-three matched controls is presented. Compared with the controls, a history of induced abortion, was not only statistically significantly more frequent amongst the subjects (P less than 001) but was the Penultimate cyesis in 41.9% of ectopic cases as against 3.2% of the controls (P less than 001). Non-physicians provided 51.6% and 3.3% of induced abortions in the study and control groups respectively. Complications occurred in 51.6% of study population and 6.5% of controls. It is concluded that induced abortions created the predispotion to tubal implantation in the study population and therefore a reduction in the incidence of illegally induced abortion in the community can reduce the incidence of ectopic tubal gestation and tubal infertility.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Orhue
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Unuigbe
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Ogbeide
mesh_terms: D000024:Abortion, Illegal; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies