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Successful treatment of a heterotopic tubal pregnancy by gasless laparoscopic surgery
Author(s) -
Phupong Vorapong,
Bunyavejchevin Suvit
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01180.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heterotopic pregnancy , laparotomy , laparoscopy , pregnancy , laparoscopic surgery , obstetrics , surgery , general surgery , ectopic pregnancy , salpingectomy , biology , genetics
Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare event and management is by either laparotomy or laparoscopic surgery to remove the extrauterine pregnancy. As there has been no report detailing the use of gasless laparoscopy for management of heterotopic pregnancy, the authors herein report a case of heterotopic pregnancy that was successfully managed by gasless laparoscopic surgery. The subsequent antenatal course was unremarkable. The intrauterine pregnancy carried to term with uneventful maternal and fetal outcomes. Thus, gasless laparoscopy can be used as an alternative method for the management of heterotopic pregnancy.