title: [Fertility after ectopic pregnancy. Results of the first three years of the Auvergne Registry].
abstract: The reproductive outcome after ectopic pregnancy is evaluated from a population-based register in the center of France. Since 1992, all the women aged 15-44 years, who permanently reside in the target area and who were treated either by surgical or medical procedures for an ectopic pregnancy in one of the area centers, are registered and prospectively followed until 45 years of age. The analysis presented was based on the 221 women registered between January 1992 and December 1994 who were followed up for at least 6 months, and who were seeking a new pregnancy. The mean follow-up period was 19.8 months. 155 women (70%) obtained a pregnancy. The first conception was intrauterine for 136 women, and 19 had a recurrence of ectopic pregnancy. Risk factors of recurrence were prior spontaneous abortion and prior tubal damage. For those women who conceived, the mean time to obtain pregnancy ("time to pregnancy") was 7.6 months. The one year cumulative intrauterine pregnancy rate (i.e. the probability of obtaining an intrauterine pregnancy within 1 year of seeking pregnancy) was 64%. After multivariate analysis by a Cox regression, the factors associated with lower fertility were aged over 30 years, low educational level, history of infertility and prior tubal damage.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de Bicêtre, INSERM U292, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouyer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Job-Spira
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pouly
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Germain
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coste
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aublet-Cuvelier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012008:Recurrence; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Fertilité après grossesse extra-utérine. Résultats des trois premières années du registre d'Auvergne.