Treatment of ectopic pregnancy by means of laparoscopy.
Sixty cases of ectopic pregnancy were treated by laparoscopy without laparotomy. In each case, one of two techniques was used-tubal aspiration or salpingotomy-in conjunction with aspiration of the conceptus and peritoneal rinsing. Of these 60 cases, only 3 were failures. Twenty-five women later desired pregnancy, and 18 conceived. The operated fallopian tube was checked in 18 cases and in 13 of these was found to be patent. A laparoscopic film has been made to illustrate this new technique.
D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors