title: Management of ectopic pregnancy through a posterior colpotomy: two cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prior to the availability of modern laparoscopic surgical techniques and equipment, ectopic pregnancy was managed predominately by laparotomy. An alternative surgical approach, by posterior colpotomy, was advocated as a diagnostic and a therapeutic approach that often avoided laparotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two recent cases in which ectopic pregnancies were managed by posterior colpotomy to avoid any scars on the abdomen. One case involved a salpingectomy and the other a salpingostomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Posterior colpotomy is a safe, cost-effective, and time efficient method of managing ectopic pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS.
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Ghasham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020884:Colpotomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult