Laparoscopical management of cornual pregnancies: a report of three cases.
OBJECTIVE
Cornual pregnancy refers to the implantation and development of a gestation in one of the upper and lateral portions of the uterus; authors report their experience in laparoscopic therapeutic procedures on three singleton cornual pregnancies.


METHODS
Three healthy women were admitted in General Hospitals with suspect of cornual pregnancies by clinical examination, increasing of beta-hCG value and transvaginal ultrasonography. One of them had a haemoperitoneum. Surgeons performed all operative laparoscopies, by incision and enucleating of ectopic cornual mass, coagulating of its surrounding vessels and suturing of the uterine incision site.


RESULTS
Patients were successfully treated only by laparoscopy, post-operative recovery period was normal in all women, with no further therapeutically intervention in the follow-up course. The aftermath was uneventful at the follow-up of 2 years.


CONCLUSIONS
In cornual pregnancies, the minimally invasive surgical treatment by salpingotomy or resection of the cornual region of the uterus and the suturing of the incision site, should be the option in women interested in future fertility.
Tinelli
Andrea
A
Department of Obstetric & Gynecology, Division of Experimental Endoscopic Surgery, Imaging, Technology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, Vito Fazzi Hospital, P.zza Muratore, 73100 Lecce, Italy. andreatinelli@gmail.com
Malvasi
Antonio
A
Pellegrino
Marcello
M
Pontrelli
Giovanni
G
Martulli
Bruno
B
Tsin
Daniel Alberto
DA
D000328:Adult; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*
D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human