title: Ectopic pregnancy: which treatment? Analysis of 217 cases.
abstract: The Authors describe the various types of treatment performed on 217 cases of ectopic pregnancy examined, which took place in the years 1983 - 84 - 85 in five among the main Hospital in Piedmont. 136 salpingectomies (62%), 41 annexiectomies (18%), 40 conservative interventions (20%) were performed. In most cases the destructive intervention was performed in the presence of a tubal rupture; no meaningful relations between the location and the type of surgical treatment have been found in the ectopic pregnancy. Conservative interventions have been more frequent on young women (under 35: 97%) and desiring children either because nullipara (65%) or because uniparous (27%). The highest number of conservative interventions was performed in the largest of the five Hospitals examined (23 cases: 57%). There is therefore a remarkable relation between diagnostic and therapeutic means and the possibility of performing the surgery most appropriate to the specific requirements of each case.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics and Gynecology Department USL 47, Biella.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Furno Marchese
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Belotti
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Giannotta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cattaneo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scribanti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brustia
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Labate
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giana
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous