title: The early days of ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
abstract: Today, when lives are routinely saved by early open or laparoscopic surgery, it is hard to imagine that young women suffering from ruptured ectopic pregnancy were left to their fate or submitted to procedures which had no possibility of dealing effectively with the haemorrhaging fallopian tube. As we shall describe, the first success in dealing with this emergency was not until 1883.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013513:Obstetric Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D006113:United Kingdom