[Abdominal pregnancy: study of a series of 11 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To report our experiment concerning abdominal pregnancy.


METHODS
Retrospective study of 11 cases of abdominal pregnancies operated by laparotomy between August 1994 and July 1999.


RESULTS
36.3% of cases corresponded to a first pregnancy. Four pregnancies had attended beyond the term of viability. Two children were born alive. The ablation of the placenta was generally complete (10/11 cases) without major bleeding.


CONCLUSIONS
Rare affection of difficult clinical diagnosis, the abdominal pregnancy presents a significant perinatal mortality.
Adjahoto
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Département de gynécologie-obstétrique, CHU-TOKOIN, Lomé, Togo. adjahoto@syfed.tg.refer.org
Attignon
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Kodonou
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies