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.
Center for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, New Britain General Hospital, 100 Grand Street, New Britain, CT 06050, USA.
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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