title: Laparoscopic treatment of interstitial pregnancy using the harmonic scalpel.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalkalitsis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stefanidis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paschopoulos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Navrozoglou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mouzakioti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lolis
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D008727:Methotrexate