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Fertility after ectopic pregnancy in an African population
Author(s) -
Ogunniyi S.O.,
Faleyimu B.L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90410-4
Subject(s) - medicine , ectopic pregnancy , fertility , pregnancy , obstetrics , gynecology , population , family planning , retrospective cohort study , research methodology , surgery , genetics , environmental health , biology
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.