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Ectopic pregnancy subsequent to laparoscopic sterilization
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Ectopic pregnancy after laparoscopic sterilization is analyzed and compared with the occurrence of ectopic pregnancy in a fertile female population of Denmark. The incidence of ectopic pregnancy in laparoscopic-sterilized women is significantly decreased compared with the nonsterilized fertile female population. When a poststerilization pregnancy occurred, ectopic pregnancy occurred 76% of the time, and the incidence of ruptured ectopic pregnancy is significantly increased after previous laparoscopic sterilization.