title: Laparoscopic ovarian ligament plication in pregnancy.
abstract: This 32-year old patient presented at seven weeks gestation with severe left-sided lower abdominal pain. This was against the background of a previous history of left salpingectomy from a ruptured ectopic gestation seven years previously. Transvaginal sonographic evaluation revealed a viable seven week intrauterine embryo, a 2 cm left corpus luteum cyst and Doppler studies revealed reduced internal flow. This led the way for a conservative approach via laparoscopy of untwisting the pedicle to restore blood flow In this case, the ovarian ligament was shorted using 1/0 vicryl and the pregnancy went to term.
authors.affiliation: Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. frederick.sharifa@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.affiliation: Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.affiliation: Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harriot
authors.affiliation: Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christie
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery*; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D054159:Torsion, Mechanical