[Extrauterine pregnancy after sterilization via a laparoscope]

Information was collected from the Danish National Patient Register and the Danish Board of Health about the frequency of rupture of extrauterine pregnancies among a normal population and among women who had previously been sterilized via a laparoscope. Significantly fewer extrauterine pregnancies were observed among the group of women who had undergone sterilization. Ruptured tubal pregnancies were significantly more frequent among women who had previously been sterilized as compared with the remainder of the fertile female population. It is therefore important that women who have previously undergone laparoscopic sterilization should contact their general practitioner if the slightest suspicion of pregnancy arises.