Laparoscopic treatment of interstitial pregnancy using the harmonic scalpel.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate a laparoscopic technique of cornual resection using the harmonic scalpel.


METHODS
Four patients with unruptured interstitial pregnancies were treated laparoscopically using the harmonic scalpel at Ioannina University Hospital.


RESULTS
There were no failures in the technique in any of our patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study suggests that interstitial pregnancies of a maximum gestational age of 7-8 weeks and sac diameter less than 4-5 cm may be treated laparoscopically.
Dalkalitsis
N
N
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University Hospital, Greece.
Stefanidis
K
K
Paschopoulos
M
M
Navrozoglou
I
I
Mouzakioti
E
E
Lolis
D
D
D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D008727:Methotrexate