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Surgical management of interstitial pregnancy
T Bremner1, V Cela, A A Luciano
1Center for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, New Britain General Hospital, 100 Grand Street, New Britain, CT 06050, USA.
Abstract:
Interstitial pregnancy is a rare and potentially dangerous event. Standard treatment involves laparotomy with cornual resection or hysterectomy, with few reported cases of laparoscopic management. A 14-week, 6-cm interstitial pregnancy was treated laparoscopically, without cornual resection or hysterectomy. Gestational products were removed from the fetal side of the implantation site through a salpingotomy incision through myometrium. In selected patients, this procedure can be accomplished safely and efficaciously while preserving reproductive function and avoiding laparotomy.