[Family planning counseling after extrauterine pregnancy]

In the past 30 years the Hungarian incidence of ectopic pregnancies decreased after the maximum in 1961 till the minimum in 1974, however, there was a slight increase after this. The proportion of maternal mortality due to ectopic pregnancies was 8 per cent in 1970-1986. The recurrence risk of ectopic pregnancy is about 12 per cent and about one-third of these women will be infertile. Thus, the appropriate family planning counselling is an important medical task after ectopic pregnancy.