title: Reproductive outcome after expectant management of ectopic pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study fertility rates following expectant management of clinically stable ectopic pregnancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty of 33 patients with laparoscopically confirmed aborting tubal pregnancies managed expectantly were followed for a period of 1-5 years (mean 2.7 years). Excluded were the patients not desiring pregnancy, and patients with known impediments to fertility, such as age > 40 years and previous infertility, as well as patients lost to follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful pregnancies occurred in 16 patients (80%); one patient (5%) had a repeat ectopic pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Expectant management is associated with a favorable reproduction outcome.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
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authors: Zohav
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authors: Gemer
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authors: Segal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies