title: [Abdominal pregnancy: study of a series of 11 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique, CHU-TOKOIN, Lomé, Togo. adjahoto@syfed.tg.refer.org
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Adjahoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attignon
authors.forename: A K S
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kodonou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies