title: Ectopic pregnancy: laparoendoscopic single-site surgery--laparoscopic surgery through a single cutaneous incision.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for the management of ectopic pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 25-year-old woman with a 7-week ectopic pregnancy and pelvic inflammatory disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery and broad-spectrum antibiotics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complete resolution of the ectopic pregnancy and pelvic inflammatory disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A detailed description of the technique of a single-site surgery for management of ectopic pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our case presents the first report of single-site surgery for treating ectopic pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina, Ciências Cirúrgicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: rsavaris@hcpa.ufrgs.br.
authors.forename: Ricardo Francalacci
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Savaris
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Geral do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro Totti
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Cavazzola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome