title: Ectopic pregnancy: a seven-year survey.
abstract: Seventy-five patients with ectopic pregnancy were treated at Jordan University Hospital (JUH) during a 7-yr period from January 1976 to December 1982. The ratio of ectopic pregnancies to deliveries was 1 to 162. The most common symptoms were: abdominal pain, 96%; amenorrhea, 69.3%; vaginal bleeding, 60%. No patients with pelvic inflammatory disease were found. An intrauterine contraceptive device was present in 14.6% of the patients and 10.6% of the cases had previous pelvic surgery. Culdocentesis gave false negative results in 16.7% of the patients. The treatment of choice was salpingectomy. There were no maternal deaths in this series.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects; D007597:Jordan; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery