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Pelvic surgery, reproductive factors and risk of ectopic pregnancy: a case controlled study
Author(s) -
Michalas S.,
Minaretzis D.,
Tsionou Ch.,
Maos G.,
Kioses E.,
Aravantinos D.
Publication year - 1992
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(92)90044-j
Subject(s) - ectopic pregnancy , medicine , obstetrics , infertility , pregnancy , gynecology , pelvic inflammatory disease , genetics , biology
A case controlled study among 361 women with surgically treated ectopic pregnancy and 420 women delivered at term was designed, aiming at characterization of the association among previous pelvic operations, selected reproductive factors and ectopic pregnancy. All types of previous pelvic operations increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy from a 2‐fold increase for appendectomy to a 9‐fold increase for ectopic pregnancy, if maternal age, parity, history of spontaneous and induced abortions and history of infertility is controlled. This study suggests that a previous pelvic operation may increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy.