title: Ectopic missed abortion after laparoscopic sterilization with the harmonic scalpel.
abstract: A case of a patient who presented with ectopic pregnancy and subsequent missed abortion one year after laparoscopic sterilization with the harmonic scalpel is reported. According to our knowledge of the relevant literature, this is the first time that a case of ectopic pregnancy after sterilization with a harmonic scalpel has been reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endoscopic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalkalitsis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stefos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsirkas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsanadis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotiriadis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dousias
mesh_terms: D000030:Abortion, Missed / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000295:instrumentation*