Fertility after ectopic pregnancy in an African population

Cases of ectopic pregnancy were studied retrospectively at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, for the period from January 1, 1977 to June 30, 1987. The records of 108 patients who had at least 1 year of follow-up were reviewed to determine their subsequent reproductive performance. Thirty-eight patients (35.9%) subsequently conceived, 15 (13.9%) had recurrent ectopic pregnancy, 21 (19.4%) delivered at term, and 40 (37%) remained secondarily infertile. Thirty patients were sterilized or using contraception.