title: Surgical and obstetric outcomes of laparoscopic management for women with heterotopic pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the obstetric outcomes and clinical efficacy of laparoscopic surgery for women with heterotopic pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective study of women who had undergone laparoscopic surgery for heterotopic pregnancy. The primary outcome was the feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of heterotopic pregnancy and the secondary outcomes were obstetric outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen women underwent laparoscopic surgery for heterotopic pregnancy: 14 with tubal heterotopic pregnancies and three with cornual heterotopic pregnancies. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. Of these women, 13 delivered 14 healthy babies, whereas two failed to maintain their pregnancies; one had a missed abortion 2 weeks after the surgery and the other had a miscarriage due to preterm premature rupture of the membrane at 16 gestational weeks. The remaining two women have ongoing pregnancies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic surgery performed by experienced surgeons is a feasible and beneficial surgical modality for treating heterotopic pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.forename: Joong Sub
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jung Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Jung Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seon Hye
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Chang Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013513:Obstetric Surgical Procedures; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D063192:Pregnancy, Heterotopic / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: heterotopic pregnancy; laparoscopic surgery; obstetric outcome