title: Fertility after ectopic pregnancy in an African population.
abstract: Cases of ectopic pregnancy were studied retrospectively at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, for the period from January 1, 1977 to June 30, 1987. The records of 108 patients who had at least 1 year of follow-up were reviewed to determine their subsequent reproductive performance. Thirty-eight patients (35.9%) subsequently conceived, 15 (13.9%) had recurrent ectopic pregnancy, 21 (19.4%) delivered at term, and 40 (37%) remained secondarily infertile. Thirty patients were sterilized or using contraception.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ogunniyi
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Faleyimu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000209:etiology*; D009549:Nigeria; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors