title: Laparoscopy-assisted vaginal cornual resection for the treatment of large interstitial pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the experience of laparoscopy-assisted vaginal cornual resection for the treatment of two cases of large interstitial pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgeons performed laparoscopic cornual resection initially for the first case but encountered torrential hemorrhage, which was controlled immediately by conversion to the vaginal approach. Following this experience, laparoscopy-assisted vaginal cornual resection was performed directly after laparoscopic inspection for the second case.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both cases were treated successfully by laparoscopy-assisted vaginal cornual resection. Hemostasis and uterine repair seem to be easier by the laparoscopy-assisted vaginal route than by the purely laparoscopic approach. No similar case has been reported in the literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our experience suggests that laparoscopy-assisted vaginal cornual resection may be a preferable alternative to laparoscopy in treating a large interstitial pregnancy. More studies are needed to confirm this finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, No. 451 Hospital of the PLA, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Kui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina