title: Usefulness of long-jaw forceps in laparoscopic cornual resection of interstitial pregnancies.
abstract: Although laparoscopic surgery could be an option for treating interstitial pregnancies, it has not gained wide acceptance largely because of difficulty achieving hemostasis. To overcome this, we employed long-jaw forceps in three cases of interstitial pregnancy that were successfully treated by laparoscopic cornual resection. The forceps grasped a relatively large portion of pregnant myometrium without slipping, thus securing hemostasis and facilitating suturing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osuga
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kugu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taketani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments