Surgical management of interstitial pregnancy.
Interstitial pregnancy is a rare and potentially dangerous event. Standard treatment involves laparotomy with cornual resection or hysterectomy, with few reported cases of laparoscopic management. A 14-week, 6-cm interstitial pregnancy was treated laparoscopically, without cornual resection or hysterectomy. Gestational products were removed from the fetal side of the implantation site through a salpingotomy incision through myometrium. In selected patients, this procedure can be accomplished safely and efficaciously while preserving reproductive function and avoiding laparotomy.
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Center for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, New Britain General Hospital, 100 Grand Street, New Britain, CT 06050, USA.
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Luciano
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D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin