title: Cornual pregnancies in patients with prior salpingectomy undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the frequency of cornual pregnancy in patients with prior salpingectomy undergoing IVF.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Private fertility practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women undergoing IVF.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cornual ectopic pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 26 ectopic pregnancies detected after ET during a 7-year period, 7 were located in the cornu or tubal stump after prior salpingectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with prior salpingectomy undergoing IVF are at particular risk for cornual pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wisot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garzo
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Meldrum
mesh_terms: D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000209:etiology*