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Cornual pregnancies in patients with prior salpingectomy undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
S K Agarwal1, A L Wisot, G Garzo
1University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, USA.
Fertility and Sterility
|March 1, 1996
Abstract
Objective:
To examine the frequency of cornual pregnancy in patients with prior salpingectomy undergoing IVF.
Design:
Review.
Setting:
Private fertility practice.
Patients:
Women undergoing IVF.
Main Outcome Measure:
Cornual ectopic pregnancy.
Results:
Of 26 ectopic pregnancies detected after ET during a 7-year period, 7 were located in the cornu or tubal stump after prior salpingectomy.
Conclusions:
Patients with prior salpingectomy undergoing IVF are at particular risk for cornual pregnancy.